John Alefounder

John Alefounder (died 1795) was a portrait and miniature painter. He was a student of the Royal Academy Schools, practised for some time in London the art of portraiture, occasionally in miniature.

He exhibited first, in 1777, an architectural design, following in successive years with work in various kinds. He gained a silver medal in 1782. In 1784 he exhibited some theatrical portraits and portrait groups. Bartolozzi engraved the portrait of 'Peter the Wild Boy,' after him, and in the same year Hodges engraved his portrait of J. Edwin the Actor. He subsequently went to India, and realised some fortune by his paintings there. He died in 1795 at Calcutta, from the effects of the climate. At the Society of Arts may be seen a portrait by him of John Shipley.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "ALEFOUNDER, John". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.[[Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, volume 1|]]
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Alefounder, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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• John Alefounder 1757-1794, artist (Alefounder ancestors)