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See also:GEORGE See also:ENGLEHEART (1752-1829)
, See also:English See also:miniature painter, the See also:great See also:rival of See also:Richard See also:Cosway, was See also:born at See also:Kew in See also:October 1752, and received his See also:artistic training first under See also:George Barret, R.A., and then under See also:Sir See also:Joshua See also:Reynolds
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He started on his own See also:account in 1773, and exhibited in that See also:year at the Royal See also:Academy
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He continued the active pursuit of his profession down to 1813, when he retired, and his See also:fee-See also:book, still in existence, records the names of his sitters, and the amount paid for each portrait, proving that he painted 4853 miniatures during that See also:period of See also:thirty-nine years, and that his professional income for many years exceeded £1200 a year
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During the greater See also:part of his See also:life he resided in See also:Hertford See also:Street, Mayfair, where he lived till he retired
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He died at See also:Blackheath in 1829, and was buried at Kew
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He painted George III. twenty-five times, and had a very extensive circle of patrons, comprising nearly all the important persons connected with the See also:court
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He made careful copies in miniature of many of the famous paintings executed by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and in some cases these constitute the only See also:information we possess respecting portraits by Sir Joshua that are now missing
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His fee-book, See also:colours, appliances and a large collection of his miniatures still remain in the See also:possession of his descendants
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His See also:nephew, See also: See George Engleheart, by G . C . See also:Williamson and H . L . D . Engle-See also:heart .(1902) . (G . C . |
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