William Naish (1766/7–1800) was an English
miniature painter
A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century eli ...
.
Life
William Naish was born in
Axbridge
Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. The town's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057.
History
''Axanbrycg'' is suggested as the sou ...
, Somerset, and practised with success in London. He exhibited at the
Royal Academy
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almost continuously from 1783 until his death in 1800. His portraits of
Morton Morton may refer to:
People
* Morton (surname)
* Morton (given name)
Fictional
* Morton Koopa, Jr., a character and boss in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
* A character in the ''Charlie and Lola'' franchise
* A character in the 2008 film '' Horton H ...
the dramatist and Mrs. Twisleton and Mrs. Wells, actresses, were engraved by
Ridley for the ''
Monthly Mirror''.
His brother, John Naish, was also a miniaturist, and exhibited in London in 1790 and 1795.
[Beyer; Savoy; Tegethoff, eds. 2021.]
Gallery
File:Admiral George Tate (1745-1821), Circa 1795.jpg, Admiral George Tate ()
File:Samuel Burgess, wearing black coat with velvet collar .jpg, Samuel Burgess ()
File:Portrait of an officer, traditionally identified as a member of the Clarendon family, circa 1800).jpg, Portrait of an officer ()
File:Thomas Morton (dramaturge).jpg, T. Morton, engraved by Ridley after Naish (1796)
References
Sources
* Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf, eds. (2021)
"Naish, William" ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon – International Artist Database – Online.'' Berlin, New York: K.G. Saur. Retrieved 15 September 2022 – via
De Gruyter
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History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
.
* Oliver, Valerie Cassel, ed
"Naish, John" ''
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. Retrieved 15 September 2022 – via
Oxford Art Online
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.
* Oliver, Valerie Cassel, ed
"Naish, William" ''Benezit Dictionary of Artists''. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 September 2022 – via Oxford Art Online.
* O'Donoghue, F. M.; Peach, Annette (2004)
"Naish, William (1766/7–1800), miniature painter" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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1760s births
1800 deaths
18th-century English painters
English portrait painters