John Bogle (c. 1744 – 21 April 1803) was a Scottish miniature painter.

Biography

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. Bogle married in 1769, and in that year and the next exhibited miniatures at the Society of Artists in London from an address in Edinburgh. He then moved to London, exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1772 to 1794, including a self-portrait of 1772. His address is given throughout this time as 1, Panton Square. He painted a miniature of the novelist

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. He moved back to Scotland in 1800 with his wife. He died in Edinburgh in 1803, aged 59.

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1740s births 1803 deaths 18th-century Scottish painters Scottish male painters 19th-century Scottish painters Portrait miniaturists Year of birth uncertain Artists from Edinburgh 19th-century Scottish male artists {{UK-painter-18thC-stub