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In 1784 he exhibited some theatrical portraits and portrait groups. [[Francesco Bartolozzi]] made an engraving after his portrait of "[[Peter the Wild Boy]]"<ref name=bryan/> and in the same year [[Charles Howard Hodges|C.H. Hodges]] engraved his portrait of the actor [[John Edwin (1749-1790)|John Edwin]].<ref name=bryan>Bryan,1886–9</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1154182/h-beard-print-collection-print-alefounder-john/|publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum|title=H Beard Print Collection|accessdate=6 July 2012}}</ref>
In 1784 he exhibited some theatrical portraits and portrait groups. [[Francesco Bartolozzi]] made an engraving after his portrait of "[[Peter the Wild Boy]]"<ref name=bryan/> and in the same year [[Charles Howard Hodges|C.H. Hodges]] engraved his portrait of the actor [[John Edwin (1749-1790)|John Edwin]].<ref name=bryan>Bryan,1886–9</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1154182/h-beard-print-collection-print-alefounder-john/|publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum|title=H Beard Print Collection|accessdate=6 July 2012}}</ref>


He subsequently went to India and died at [[Calcutta]] on 25 December 1794.<ref name=rac>{{cite web|url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=Names%A0A-Z&person=17531 |publisher=Royal Academy Collections |title=John Alefounder |accessdate=6 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323054815/http://www.blayney.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/329/3h%20-%20Hobbys%20Yards%20Heritage%20Items.pdf.aspx |archivedate=23 March 2015 }}</ref><ref name=bryan/> According to [[William Baillie (artist)|William Baillie]], in a letter written the following year, he committed suicide, in despair at his financial situation.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aNuj6v9R1eIC&pg=PA121&lpg|page=121|title=The Artificial Empire: The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges|first=Giles Henry Rupert|last= Tillotson|authorlink=Giles Tillotson|publisher=Routledge|year=2000
He subsequently went to India and died at [[Calcutta]] on 25 December 1794.<ref name=rac>{{cite web|url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=Names%A0A-Z&person=17531 |publisher=Royal Academy Collections |title=John Alefounder |accessdate=6 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323054815/http://www.blayney.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/329/3h%20-%20Hobbys%20Yards%20Heritage%20Items.pdf.aspx |archivedate=23 March 2015 }}</ref><ref name=bryan/> According to [[William Baillie (artist)|William Baillie]], in a letter written the following year, he committed suicide, in despair at his financial situation.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aNuj6v9R1eIC&pg=PA121|page=121|title=The Artificial Empire: The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges|first=Giles Henry Rupert|last= Tillotson|authorlink=Giles Tillotson|publisher=Routledge|year=2000
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John Alefounder (1757 – 1795) was a painter of portraits and miniatures, working in London and later in India.

Life

Alefounder was born in Colchester, Essex in 1757 and became a student at the Royal Academy Schools in 1776.[1]

He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1777 and 1793. The first piece he showed was a Design for a Lunatic Asylum, but after that he showed mostly portraits.[2] He won a silver medal in 1782.

In 1784 he exhibited some theatrical portraits and portrait groups. Francesco Bartolozzi made an engraving after his portrait of "Peter the Wild Boy"[3] and in the same year C.H. Hodges engraved his portrait of the actor John Edwin.[3][4]

He subsequently went to India and died at Calcutta on 25 December 1794.[1][3] According to William Baillie, in a letter written the following year, he committed suicide, in despair at his financial situation.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "John Alefounder". Royal Academy Collections. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. ^ Graves, Algernon (1905). The Royal Academy: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors from its Foundations in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 1. London: Henry Graves. p. 19.
  3. ^ a b c Bryan,1886–9
  4. ^ "H Beard Print Collection". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  5. ^ Tillotson, Giles Henry Rupert (2000). The Artificial Empire: The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges. Routledge. p. 121. ISBN 9780700712823.

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