Lemuel Francis Abbott (circa 1760-1802), Portrait painter
Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 63 portraits
In 1775, at the age of fourteen, Abbott was apprenticed to Francis Hayman, after whose death in the following year he returned to his parents and probably continued to study portrait painting independently. In around 1780, he moved to London, and between 1788 and 1800 he showed fifteen male portraits at the Royal Academy. Abbott portrayed many diplomats, colonial governors and senior naval officers. His portraits were engraved by, among others, Valentine Green, Joseph Skelton and William Walker.
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by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, 1785
On display in Room 18 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 98
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney; Sir George Leonard Staunton, 1st Bt
by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, circa 1785
NPG 329
by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, circa 1790
On display in Room 13 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6412
by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, circa 1793
On display in Room 14 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1579
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
replica by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, 1795 (1794)
NPG 628
John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent
studio of Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, circa 1795
NPG 936
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