John Lucas
(1807-1874), Portrait painterSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 35 portraits
John Lucas, portrait painter, began his career as an apprentice to mezzotint engraver Samuel William Reynolds. When his tenure with Reynolds ended in the late 1820s, Lucas established a practice as a painter. He exhibited his first portrait at the Royal Academy in 1828 and thereafter gained fame as a fashionable society portraitist. Lucas often exhibited his works publicly, showing ninety-six portraits at the Royal Academy from 1828 to the time of his death.
by George Thomas Payne, after John Lucas
mezzotint, published 1847
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by George Thomas Payne, after John Lucas
mezzotint, published 27 May 1847
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by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, after John Lucas
mixed-method engraving, published 1849
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John Fitzgibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare
by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, after John Lucas
mezzotint, published 1852
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by Thomas Francis Dicksee, published by Henry Graves & Co, after John Lucas
lithograph, published 7 September 1852
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by Samuel Bellin, after John Lucas
stipple engraving, published 1853
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by Samuel Bellin, after John Lucas
stipple engraving, published 1853
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by Henry Cousins, after John Lucas
mezzotint, published 1856
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by Henry Cousins, after John Lucas
mezzotint, published 1856
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by William Lucas, published by John Lucas, after a bust by Christopher Moore
mezzotint, published July 1857
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by James Scott, published by Henry Graves & Co, after John Lucas
mezzotint, published 25 January 1858
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by James John Chant, after John Lucas
mezzotint and stipple engraving, published 1860
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Blanche Georgiana Cavendish (née Howard), Countess of Burlington
by Edward McInnes, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after John Lucas
mixed-method engraving, published 31 August 1842
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Prince George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge
by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Lucas
mixed-method engraving, 1860
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Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald
by Samuel Bellin, published by Thomas McLean, and Thomas Jull, after John Lucas
mixed-method engraving, published 12 December 1867
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