Edward Nash (1778–1821) was an English painter, best known for his
miniatures.
Life
Edward Nash was born in 1778. He became a pupil of
Samuel Shelley, and trained as a miniaturist.
[Oliver, ed. 2011.] He visited the Netherlands with
Robert Southey and his family in 1815. Nash painted a miniature of the famous poet, and a double portrait miniature of Edith May Southey and
Sara Coleridge
Sara Coleridge (23 December 1802 – 3 May 1852) was an English author and translator. She was the third child out of four and the only daughter of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his wife Sara Fricker. She gained further popularity with in ...
, in 1820.
[Youngquist; Wang, eds. 2019.] In later life, he also spent several years in India. He exhibited at the
Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...
in London from 1811 to 1820. He died in 1821, in London.
Gallery
File:Edward Nash - Gentleman in dark blue coat.jpg, Gentleman in dark blue coat ()
File:Edward Nash - portrait of Baby Rajah.jpg, Baby Rajah, son of Lingah Rajah ()
File:Edward Nash - Portrait of Mooda Maji of Coorg.jpg, Mooda Maji of Coorg (1807)
File:Robert-Southey.jpg, Robert Southey (1820)
File:Sara-Coleridge-Edith-May-Warter.jpg, Sara Coleridge; Edith May Warter (1820)
References
Sources
* Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf, eds. (2021)
"Nash, Edward (1778)" ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon – International Artist Database – Online.'' Berlin, New York: K.G. Saur. Retrieved 15 September 2022 – via
De Gruyter.
* Oliver, Valerie Cassel, ed. (2011)
"Naish, Edward" ''
Benezit Dictionary of Artists''. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 September 2022 – via
Oxford Art Online.
* Youngquist, Paul; Wang, Orrin N. C., eds. (2019)
"Nash, Edward (1778–1821)" ''
Romantic Circles
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''. University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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1778 births
1821 deaths
19th-century English painters