Joseph Slater (17 June 1782 – 25 February 1837) was a British portrait

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Life

Born in Wandsworth, London, Joseph Slater was a son of Joseph Slater of Bromley (1750–1805), portraitist and decorator and Ann (born Wane). Slater worked as a portraitist in London, exhibiting his first picture at the

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in 1803, where his portraits were exhibited regularly between 1806 and 1833. Since 1813 he was a portraitist at the Grillion's Club in London. Many of Joseph Slater's portraits were published as lithographs by his brother Isaac Wane Slater. They both worked since 1805 in the John Bacon's studio at 17 Newman Street. Later the brothers moved down in their own studio with a shop at 70 Newman Street. Slater worked predominantly in pencil, crayons and watercolor. He was very prolific: his heritage counts about two hundred portraits. He died in

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aged 55 years old.

Family

Two brothers of Joseph Slater were also artists: Isaac Wane Slater (1784–1846), miniature painter and line engraver and John Slater (1786–1836), miniature, portrait and flower painter. His other brother

Michael Atwell Slater Michael Atwell Slater (died 2 February 1842) was a Royal Navy Officer and hydrographic surveyor particularly noted for his survey work in the north-east of England and the east of Scotland. Biography Slater's date of birth is not known. His fathe ...

(died 1842) was a Royal Navy officer, a captain, a member of The

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and an explorer of the coasts of England and Scotland.

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Works by Joseph Slater
at the British Museum * 1782 births 1837 deaths 19th-century British painters British male painters British draughtsmen 19th-century British male artists {{UK-painter-stub