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See also:ANDREW See also:PLIMER (c. 1763-1837) , See also:English See also:miniature painter, was the son of a See also:clock-maker at See also:Wellington . Disliking his See also:father's business, he and his See also:brother Nathaniel joined a party of gypsies and wandered about with them, eventually reaching See also:London, where he presented himself to Mrs See also:Cosway in 1781 and was engaged by her as studio boy . His skill in See also:painting was quickly detected by Cosway, who sent him to a friend to learn See also:drawing, and then received him into his own studio, where he remained until 1785, when he set up for himself in See also:Great Maddox See also:Street . It was of this artist that Cosway said " See also:Andrew will be my See also:Elisha," adding with characteristic vanity, " if I am not constrained to carry my See also:mantle up to See also:Paradise with me." See also:Plimer married See also:Joanna Louisa See also:Knight, whose See also:sister, See also:Mary See also:Ann, was his See also:pupil and a well-known artist . He had five See also:children, only one of whom, Louisa, married . He exhibited many times in the Royal See also:Academy, resided for a while in See also:Exeter, travelled a See also:good See also:deal through See also:England, and died at See also:Brighton and was buried at See also:Hove . His miniatures are of great brilliance and in considerable demand among collectors . They are to be distinguished by the See also:peculiar wiry treatment of the See also:hair and by the large full expressive eyes Plimer invariably gave to his See also:female sitters, eyes resembling those of his own wife and daughters . See Andrew and Nathaniel Plimer, by G . C . See also:Williamson (London, 1903) . (G . C . |
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