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[[File:Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton by Richard Brompton.jpg|thumb|''Portrait of [[Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton]]'', ca. 1775. Now at the [[National Portrait Gallery (London)|National Portrait Gallery]].]] |
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'''Richard Brompton''', was an English [[portrait painting|portrait painter]]. |
'''Richard Brompton''', (1734-1783) was an English [[portrait painting|portrait painter]]. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Brompton was a pupil of [[Benjamin Wilson (painter)|Benjamin Wilson]]. He then went to Italy, and spent some time in Rome, where he had lessons with [[Anton Raphael Mengs|Raphael Mengs]]. He was also introduced to the patronage of the [[Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton|Earl of Northampton]], and accompanied the earl to [[Venice]] when he was appointed ambassador to the republic. At Venice Brompton painted a [[Conversation piece|conversation-piece]], in which he introduced the portraits of the [[Frederick, Duke of York and Albany|Duke of York]] and several English gentlemen then on their travels. The picture was afterwards exhibited at the rooms in Spring Gardens in 1763, at which time he returned to England, and for some years practised portrait painting. Extravagant living brought him to the [[Queen's Bench|King's Bench]], but he was rescued by the [[Catherine II of Russia|Empress of Russia]], at whose request he went to [[St. Petersburg]], where he was appointed portrait painter to the empress, and where he met with much employment. He died in that city in |
Brompton was a pupil of [[Benjamin Wilson (painter)|Benjamin Wilson]]. He then went to Italy, and spent some time in Rome, where he had lessons with [[Anton Raphael Mengs|Raphael Mengs]]. He was also introduced to the patronage of the [[Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton|Earl of Northampton]], and accompanied the earl to [[Venice]] when he was appointed ambassador to the republic. At Venice Brompton painted a [[Conversation piece|conversation-piece]], in which he introduced the portraits of the [[Frederick, Duke of York and Albany|Duke of York]] and several English gentlemen then on their travels. The picture was afterwards exhibited at the rooms in Spring Gardens in 1763, at which time he returned to England, and for some years practised portrait painting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Brompton (1734-1783), Artist |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp06726/richard-brompton |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> Extravagant living brought him to the [[Queen's Bench|King's Bench]], but he was rescued by the [[Catherine II of Russia|Empress of Russia]], at whose request he went to [[St. Petersburg]], where he was appointed portrait painter to the empress, and where he met with much employment. He died in that city in 1783.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Dictionary of National Biography |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Brompton,_Richard |title=Richard Brompton |last=Fagan |first=Louis |date=1904}}</ref> Alexander Among his best works are: |
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*''The Prince of Wales in the Robes of the Garter, in 1772''; [[mezzotint]]ed by John Saunders. |
*''The Prince of Wales in the Robes of the Garter, in 1772''; [[mezzotint]]ed by John Saunders. |
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*''Admiral Saunders''; in the [[Old Royal Naval College]], formerly Greenwich Hospital]] (pictured) |
*''Admiral Saunders''; in the [[Old Royal Naval College]], formerly Greenwich Hospital]] (pictured) |
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* {{cite DNB |first=Louis Alexander |last=Fagan |wstitle=Brompton, Richard |volume=6 |page=405}} |
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Revision as of 22:13, 25 December 2020
Richard Brompton, (1734-1783) was an English portrait painter.
Life
Brompton was a pupil of Benjamin Wilson. He then went to Italy, and spent some time in Rome, where he had lessons with Raphael Mengs. He was also introduced to the patronage of the Earl of Northampton, and accompanied the earl to Venice when he was appointed ambassador to the republic. At Venice Brompton painted a conversation-piece, in which he introduced the portraits of the Duke of York and several English gentlemen then on their travels. The picture was afterwards exhibited at the rooms in Spring Gardens in 1763, at which time he returned to England, and for some years practised portrait painting.[1] Extravagant living brought him to the King's Bench, but he was rescued by the Empress of Russia, at whose request he went to St. Petersburg, where he was appointed portrait painter to the empress, and where he met with much employment. He died in that city in 1783.[2] Alexander Among his best works are:
- The Prince of Wales in the Robes of the Garter, in 1772; mezzotinted by John Saunders.
- Prince Frederick in the Robes of the Bath; mezzotinted by John Saunders.
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1772
- Admiral Saunders; in the Old Royal Naval College, formerly Greenwich Hospital]] (pictured)
References
- ^ "Richard Brompton (1734-1783), Artist". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ Fagan, Louis (1904). "Richard Brompton". Dictionary of National Biography.
Further reading
- Fagan, Louis Alexander (1886). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 6. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 405.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Brompton, Richard". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Richard Brompton.
- Works by Richard Brompton at Faded Page (Canada)
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