Nathan Cooper Branwhite (c. 1775 – 18 March 1857) was an

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and engraver who was a member of the

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of artists. He was

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's leading miniature portrait painter in the 1820s.

Life

Branwhite was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, the son of a poet, Peregrine Branwhite, and became a pupil of

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. He exhibited 13 miniatures at the Royal Academy between 1802 and 1828. He was also a stipple engraver. By 1810 he was living in Bristol. He participated in the sketching activities of the Bristol School and was a friend of

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and

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. In 1824 he was one of the organisers of the first exhibition of local artists at the new

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. In 1832 he exhibited a number of works at the first exhibition of the newly formed Bristol Society of Artists, also at the Bristol Institution. Branwhite died on 18 March 1857 in

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. He had at least four children. His sons Nathan (1813–94) and Charles (1817–80) were both artists.

References

External links

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
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