Theodore Lane
(1800-1828), Painter and etcherArtist associated with 45 portraits
Theodore Lane was apprenticed to the miniature painter John Barrow, with whom he studied watercolour portraits and miniatures, exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1819. His real talent, however, lay in his depiction of humorous subjects; a series of thirty-six subjects designed and etched by him, entitled The Life of an Actor, was published in 1825. Lane also etched a number of sets of satirical and comic prints of sporting and social life, and he became well-known for his caricatures of George IV and Queen Caroline. He turned to oil painting in 1825, and within two years was exhibiting work at the Royal Academy. Lane died at the young age of twenty-eight when he fell through a skylight.
Steward's Court of the Manor of Torre Devon
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published December 1820
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attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 1820
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Steward's Court of the Manor of Torre Devon
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published December 1820
NPG D17911
The Saint! (Bartolomeo Pergami; Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 9 December 1820
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attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 1820
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A Wooden Substitute, or Any Port in a Storm
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
coloured etching, published 19 January 1821
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attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 27 March 1821
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Honi. Soit. Qui. Mal. Y. Pense. (possibly includes a portrait of George Humphrey)
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 12 August 1821
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'Tent-ation.' (Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; Bartolomeo Pergami)
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 25 June 1821
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attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 1 June 1821
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attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published February 1821
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attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 6 August 1821
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An Arm-Full of Love (Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; Bartolomeo Pergami)
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 30 April 1821
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Returning Justice lifts aloft her Scale
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 1 June 1821
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Mother Cole (Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Bt)
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 26 July 1821
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attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 1 June 1821
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Lucifera's Procession. Fairy-Queen
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 12 May 1821
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A Wooden Substitute, or Any Port in a Storm
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 19 January 1821
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The Choice of Hercules (Bartolomeo Pergami; Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 24 May 1821
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'Design for a New Coat of Arms. Dedicated to Mothers Wood, Windsor & Co. & all the Fancy Queens.'
attributed to Theodore Lane, published by George Humphrey
etching, published 1 May 1821
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