René le Brun, Comte de L'Hôpital (5 May 1877 – 4 November 1929) was an English artist. L'Hôpital was the son of 6th Duc de Viry. He studied at the Royal Academy in London. His best known works are the illustrations he did for the

Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition The ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the '' Encyclopædia Britannica''. It was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. S ...

(1911) and his portraits of

Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...

, Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty and

Prince Arthur of Connaught Prince Arthur of Connaught (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert; 13 January 1883 – 12 September 1938) was a British military officer and a grandson of Queen Victoria. He served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa from 20 November 1920 ...

. He is buried at St Mary Magdalen, Mortlake, together with his wife, Winefride de l’Hôpital, eldest daughter of the architect J F Bentley and author of ''Westminster Cathedral and Its Architect (1919).''

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* * 1877 births 1929 deaths English illustrators 20th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English male artists Burials at St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake {{England-painter-stub