Samuel Drummond (25 December 1766,

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– 6 August 1844, London) was a British painter, especially prolific in

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and marine genre painting. His works are on display in the

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, the National Maritime Museum and the

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Life

Drummond was born to Jane Bicknell and James Drummond, a London baker. At about thirteen Drummond was apprenticed to the sea service, working on the Baltic trade routes for six or seven years.Samuel Drummond
National Portrait Gallery After the navy, Drummond worked briefly as a clerk before entering the

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on 15 July 1791. Drummond started his portraying with

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and oil and within several years exhibited over three hundred pictures at the Royal Academy.The Drummond Family
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. Among Drummond's sitters were

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, Francis Place, Elizabeth Fry and Marc Isambard Brunel. He also painted such persons as Admiral

Edward Pellew Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (19 April 1757 – 23 January 1833) was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother ...

, Captain William Rogers and Rear-Admiral

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. After 1800, Drummond started large oil paintings on

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(''The Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798'', ''Captain William Rogers Capturing the Jeune Richard, 1 October 1807'', ''Admiral Duncan at the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797'' (1827) and a series of paintings on the death of

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. For some time Drummond was employed by ''

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'' and ''London Review'' to make portraits of leading personalities of the day. Among the portraits published in ''The European Magazine'' were those of Lord Gerald Lake, Sir John Soane and

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. Towards the end of his life, despite continuing his craft, Drummond struggled financially and was frequently supported by the funds of the Royal Academy.William Sandby. ''History of the Royal Academy'', 1862 Nearly all Drummond's children from his three marriages became artists (five daughters and one son): Rose Emma from the first, Ellen, Eliza Ann and Jane from the second to Rose Hudson and Rosa Myra and Julian from the third one. After Waterloo

References

;Attribution

External links

Samuel Drummond online
(ArtCyclopedia)
Charles Dickens by Samuel Drummond
("Dickens Museum")

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drummond, Samuel 1766 births 1844 deaths 18th-century British painters British male painters 19th-century British painters British marine artists British portrait painters Painters from London Associates of the Royal Academy Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools 19th-century British male artists