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Dorothea Knighton
Dorothea Lady Knighton (1780–1862) was an artist who wrote the ''Memoirs of Sir William Knighton, Bart, GCH, Keeper of the Privy Purse during the reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth. Including his correspondence with many distinguished persons'' (1838). She married William Knighton, who would become surgeon to George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV and executor of his will. She had four children, two daughters and two sons. Her eldest child, a son, died in infancy. Life Knighton was born in 1780, the youngest of five daughters of Dorothy (née Hill) and Captain James Hawker Royal Navy, RN. She was baptised at the church of Charles the Martyr, Plymouth on 10 February 1780. She had three brothers, the youngest of which, Edward Hawker, became an admiral. The Knighton family was a well-respected and connected family in Plymouth, where her father held property at Mount Gould and in Caskin Street with a lease on a timber yard at Britton Side. Her sister Sarah marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Dorothea, Lady Knighton, Oil, Bellmans Auctioneers, Sussex
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earliest sculptural examples of portraiture in the history of art. Historical portraitur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
