Lemuel Francis Abbott

1760-1803 Lemuel Francis Abbott Locations English painter. He was the son of a clergyman and went to London to study with Francis Hayman shortly before the latter death in 1776; he may have completed his studies in Derby with Joseph Wright of Derby. By the early 1780s Abbott had established a busy portrait practice in London. The formula he adopted for most of his head-and-shoulder portraits can be seen in Sir William Herschel (1785; London, N. Mar. Mus.): the body is parallel to the picture plane, and the sitter head is moved into three-quarter profile, as if his attention has been suddenly distracted. In later portraits, such as those of fellow artists Francesco Bartolozzi (c. 1792; London, Tate) or Joseph Nollekens (c. 1797; London, N.P.G.), the sitter hand or some attribute balances the movement of the head. Only male portraits by Abbott are known, and his patrons were mostly drawn from the professional classes, particularly the Navy; there are several versions of Lord Nelson (e.g. 1798; London, N. Mar. Mus.). His style is crisp but scratchy in technique, and often the anatomy of his figures is inaccurate. Paint is handled in a manner comparable with that of Gainsborough Dupont, but Abbott sense of composition is superior. In 1798 he was certified insane, but he continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy in London for two further years. Several of his works were probably finished by another hand.
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Lemuel Francis Abbott Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson oil


Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson
Painting ID::  77839 		Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson
Oil on canvas 63.5 ?? 76.2 cm (25 ?? 30 in) cjr
Oil_on_canvas _ 63.5_??_76.2_cm_(25_??_30_in) _ cjr
   
   
     
Lemuel Francis Abbott Portrait of William Cowper oil


Portrait of William Cowper
Painting ID::  82845 		Portrait of William Cowper
1792(1792) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 127 x 101.6 cm (50 x 40 in) cyf
   
   
     
Lemuel Francis Abbott George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney; Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bt oil


George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney; Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bt
Painting ID::  94449 		George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney; Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bt
circa 1785(1785) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 39 x 49 in (99.1 x 124.5 cm) cjr
   
   
     
Lemuel Francis Abbott Warren Hastings oil


Warren Hastings
Painting ID::  94450 		Warren Hastings
18th century cjr
18th_century cjr
   
   
     
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     1760-1803 Lemuel Francis Abbott Locations English painter. He was the son of a clergyman and went to London to study with Francis Hayman shortly before the latter death in 1776; he may have completed his studies in Derby with Joseph Wright of Derby. By the early 1780s Abbott had established a busy portrait practice in London. The formula he adopted for most of his head-and-shoulder portraits can be seen in Sir William Herschel (1785; London, N. Mar. Mus.): the body is parallel to the picture plane, and the sitter head is moved into three-quarter profile, as if his attention has been suddenly distracted. In later portraits, such as those of fellow artists Francesco Bartolozzi (c. 1792; London, Tate) or Joseph Nollekens (c. 1797; London, N.P.G.), the sitter hand or some attribute balances the movement of the head. Only male portraits by Abbott are known, and his patrons were mostly drawn from the professional classes, particularly the Navy; there are several versions of Lord Nelson (e.g. 1798; London, N. Mar. Mus.). His style is crisp but scratchy in technique, and often the anatomy of his figures is inaccurate. Paint is handled in a manner comparable with that of Gainsborough Dupont, but Abbott sense of composition is superior. In 1798 he was certified insane, but he continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy in London for two further years. Several of his works were probably finished by another hand.

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