Théodore Gardelle (30 November 1722 – 4 April 1761) was a painter and enameller. He was born in

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, then in the independent

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, where he studied

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painting. Having acquired its first rudiments, he went to

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in 1744. There he gained great proficiency in the art. He lived there studying and painting until 1750. Then he returned to his native place and practised his profession for some years. In 1756, he again went to Paris. In 1760, he went to England, where he was executed in Haymarket,

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, for

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ing his landlady Anne King.The Gentleman's and London Magazine 1741 -- Page 145 "Some Account of Theodore Gardelle, who was lately executed for the murder of Anne King. THeodore Gardelle, a native of Geneva, was born in the year 1722. At about the age of 14, his father put him apprentice to an engraver and embosser ..."

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