George Gray (1758 – 9 December 1819) was an English painter.
Biography
Gray was born at
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is als ...
in 1758, was son of Gilbert Gray, a well-known quaker of that town. He was educated at the grammar school, and was first apprenticed to a fruit-painter named Jones, with whom he resided some time at York. Besides painting, Gray studied chemistry, mineralogy, and botany. In 1787 he went to North America on a botanical excursion, and in 1791 he was sent on an expedition to report on the geology of Poland. In 1794, Gray settled in Newcastle as a portrait, fruit, or sign painter, and was employed as a drawing-master. He also occupied himself with numerous ingenious inventions, such as making bread from roots and weaving stockings from nettles. Gray's humour and originality made him popular. Late in life he married the widow of a schoolmaster, Mrs. Dobie, whom he survived. He died at his house in Pudding Chare, Newcastle, on 9 December 1819. A crayon portrait of
John Bewick
John William Bewick (20 April 1824 – 29 October 1886) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle from 1882 to 1886.
Born in Ministeracres, Northumberland on 20 April 1824, he was ordained to ...
, by Gray, is in the museum of the Natural History Society at Newcastle.
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1758 births
1819 deaths
18th-century English painters
19th-century English painters
English male painters
People from Newcastle upon Tyne