John Tobias Young (died 1824) was a British painter.
Life
Young was probably born in
Mildenhall near Marlborough.
He exhibited at the
Royal Academy
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in 1816 and 1817, and painted the scenery for Lord Barrymore's private theatre at
Wargrave. He practised for some time at
Southampton, to which town and its neighbourhood his reputation was chiefly confined. In the
Southampton Town Hall there is a ''
Judgment of Solomon'' by him.
He lived at 1 Hanover Buildings, Southampton until his death
[ on 1 December 1824.
The Southampton City Museums collection includes some topographical paintings by Young of the area around the city.]
References
Sources
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1824 deaths
English landscape painters
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