Richard James Lane
(1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographerSitter in 6 portraits
Artist associated with 1226 portraits
Born at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, into an artistic family. His mother was a niece of Thomas Gainsborough and his father a prebendary of Hereford Cathedral. At sixteen, he was apprenticed to line engraver Charles Heath. Lane worked as an engraver for several years before turning his attention to the lithographic method of printmaking. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1824 and was elected an associate engraver three years later. Lane specialised in portraiture; he produced hundreds of portraits of royalty, actors, artists and other notable society members. Queen Victoria appointed him royal lithographer in 1837.
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Ann Mary Newton
lithograph, 1858
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1858
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by Richard James Lane
lithograph, 1858
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by Richard James Lane, and by James Henry Lynch
lithograph, published 1858
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by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Ann Mary Newton
lithograph, April 1858
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by Richard James Lane, and by James Henry Lynch
lithograph, published 1858
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by Richard James Lane, after Josiah Gilbert
lithograph, (1858)
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by Richard James Lane, after Eden Upton Eddis
lithograph, 17 June 1858
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by Richard James Lane, after Henry Charles Heath
lithograph, 1858
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by Richard James Lane, after Josiah Gilbert
lithograph, (1858)
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by Richard James Lane, after William Crawford
lithograph, 1858 (March 1854)
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, after William Bembridge
lithograph, published 12 July 1859
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by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after John Prescott Knight
lithograph, 1859
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by Richard James Lane, after Unknown photographer
lithograph, 1859
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Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by Richard James Lane, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, (1859)
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, after William Bembridge
lithograph, published 12 July 1859
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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Richard James Lane
lithograph, 1859
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by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after John Prescott Knight
lithograph, 1859
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by Richard James Lane
lithograph, 1859
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Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 4th Bt
by Richard James Lane, after George Richmond
lithograph, 1860
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