George Henry Harlow (1787-1819), Portrait painter
Sitter associated with 3 portraits
Artist associated with 80 portraits
Harlow trained as a painter, first under Hendrik Frans de Cort, then under Samuel Drummond and finally with Thomas Lawrence. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1804, with a portrait of Dr Thornton, after which he concentrated on portrait painting. Harlow became highly regarded as a portrait painter, and was skilled in a variety of medium including oils, pencil, chalk and crayon. He produced many portraits of actors and actresses
by George Henry Harlow
pencil, circa 1805
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by George Henry Harlow
oil on canvas, engraved 1808
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by George Henry Harlow
pencil and chalk, 1810
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attributed to George Henry Harlow
oil on canvas, circa 1810
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by George Henry Harlow
pencil and chalk, 1814
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by George Henry Harlow
pencil heightened with red chalk, 1814
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by George Henry Harlow
oil on panel, circa 1817
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by John Jackson, after George Henry Harlow
pencil, circa 1819 (circa 1818)
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by William Say, after George Henry Harlow
mezzotint, circa 1803-1834
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by Charles Turner, after George Henry Harlow
mezzotint, published 1808
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by Charles Turner, after George Henry Harlow
mezzotint, published 1808
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Maria Rebecca Davison (née Duncan)
by Charles Turner, published by John Peter Thompson, after George Henry Harlow
mezzotint, published 1809
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Maria Rebecca Davison (née Duncan)
by Charles Turner, published by John Peter Thompson, after George Henry Harlow
hand-coloured mezzotint, published 1809
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by Charles Turner, after George Henry Harlow
mezzotint with aquatint border, published 1809
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Maria Rebecca Davison (née Duncan)
by Charles Turner, published by John Peter Thompson, after George Henry Harlow
mezzotint, published 1809
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by Charles Turner, after George Henry Harlow
mezzotint, 1809
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by Charles Turner, after George Henry Harlow
mezzotint, published 1809
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by Samuel Freeman, after George Henry Harlow
stipple engraving, published 1811
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All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
