[Skip to content] [Skip to main navigation] [Skip to quick links] [Go to accessibility information]
Art UK has updated its cookies policy. By using this website you are agreeing to the use of cookies. To find out more read our updated Use of Cookies policy and our updated Privacy policy.
Remember me (uncheck on a public computer)
By signing up you agree to terms and conditions and privacy policy
Enter your email address below and we’ll send you a link to reset your password
I agree to the Art UK terms and conditions and privacy policy
Sign up to the Art UK newsletter, a weekly edit of insightful art stories
Visit
(b London, 1698; bur. Kensington, Middlesex [now in London], 28 Dec. 1778). English portrait painter, a pupil of Richardson. He was in Italy 1725–32 and in 1736 he became a foundation member of and official painter to the Society of Dilettanti, a social club for gentlemen who had visited that country.
View profile
Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)