NATHANIEL See also:

• HONE (in O. Eng. han, cognate with Swed. hen ; the root appears in Skt. gdna, co to sharpen)
• NATHANIEL HONE (1718-1784)
• HONE, WILLIAM (1780-1842)

HONE (1718-1784)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British painter, was the son of a See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant at See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, and without any See also:

• REGULAR

regular training acquired in his youth much skill as a portrait-painter . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in his career he See also:

• LEFT

left Dublin for See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and worked first in various provincial towns, but ultimately settled in See also:

• LONDON

London, where he soon made a considerable reputation . His oil-paintings were decidedly popular, but he gained his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief success by his miniatures and enamels, which he executed with masterly capacity . He became a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists and afterwards a See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation member of the Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy; but he had several disagreements with his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-members of that institution, and on one occasion they rejected two of his pictures, one of which was regarded as a See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire on See also:

• REYNOLDS, JOHN FULTON (182o-1863)
• REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA (1723-1792)
• REYNOLDS, WALTER (d. 1327)

Reynolds and the other on See also:

• ANGELICA

Angelica Kauffman . Most of his contributions to the Academy exhibitions were portraits . The quality of his See also:

• WORK

work varied greatly, but the merit of his miniatures and enamels entitles him to a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place among the ablest artists of the British school . He executed also a few mezzo-tint plates of reasonable importance, and some etchings . His portrait, painted by himself two years before his See also:

• DEATH

death, is in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the Royal Academy .