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William Martin (1753–; ) was an English
"Martin, William (b. 1753, d. in or after 1836), painter"
In ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford University Press. * Oliver, Valerie Cassel, ed. (2011). "Martin, William". In ''
"Martin, William, history painter"
In ''A Dictionary of Artists of the English School''. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 288.
"William Martin"
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William Martin (1753–; ) was an English history painter
History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and Bible ...
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Life
William Martin was a pupil and assistant to G. B. Cipriani, , and appears to have resided for about twenty years or more in Cipriani's house. In 1766 he was awarded a gold palette for an historical painting by theSociety of Arts
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. In 1775 he exhibited at the Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...
a portrait and ''Antiochus and Stratonice.'' In the next nine years he contributed portraits, scenes from Shakespeare, or classical subjects. In 1791 he sent ''Lady Macduff surprised in her Castle of Fife'', and in 1797 and 1798 portraits. About 1800 he was engaged on decorative paintings at Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is strongly associated with the English and succeeding British royal family, and embodies almost a millennium of architectural history.
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, which occupied him some years. He was an exhibitor at the Royal Academy again in 1807, 1810, 1812, and 1816. In 1810 his name appears as 'Historical Painter to His Majesty'. In 1812 he was residing at Cranford in Middlesex, and was still living there in 1821; there is, however, no record of his death at that place.Cust 1893, p. 301.
Engravings
Two of Martin's pictures inSt. Andrew's Hall, Norwich
St Andrew's Hall and Blackfriars' Hall or The Halls are a Grade I listed complex of former friary church and convent buildings in the English city of Norwich, Norfolk, dating back to the 14th century. They make up the most complete friary s ...
, ''The Death of Lady Jane Grey'' and ''The Death of Queen Eleanor'', were engraved by F. Bartolozzi, , who also engraved his ''Imogen's Chamber''. A picture of ''The Barons swearing the Charter of Liberties at Bury St. Edmunds'', which entered the University of Oxford collection, was engraved in mezzotint
Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the '' intaglio'' family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonali ...
by W. Ward. ''A Cottage Interior'' was similarly engraved by C. Turner, and ''The Confidants'' by J. Watson.
References
Citations
Bibliography
* * Fiske, Tina (2004)"Martin, William (b. 1753, d. in or after 1836), painter"
In ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford University Press. * Oliver, Valerie Cassel, ed. (2011). "Martin, William". In ''
Benezit Dictionary of Artists
The ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists'' (in French, ''Bénézit: Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs'') is an extensive publication of bibliographical information on painters, sculptors, designers and engravers created ...
''. Oxford University Press.
* Redgrave, Samuel (1878)"Martin, William, history painter"
In ''A Dictionary of Artists of the English School''. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 288.
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The British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It documen ...
''. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
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1753 births
1830s deaths
18th-century English painters
19th-century English painters