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Lowes Cato Dickinson

(1819-1908), Portrait painter

Artist associated with 39 portraits
At sixteen, Dickinson began working for his father, a stationer and lithograph publisher. He travelled to Italy in 1850 and spent three years there, and started to paint. On his return, he rented a studio where he continued painting. Dickinson joined the lawyer Tom Hughes, the writer Charles Kingsley and others as founding members of the London Working Men's College. Together with Ruskin, Dickinson conducted the first art classes at the college. He painted many portraits of writers including George Eliot, the politician Richard Cobden, lawyers, religious figures, and men of letters and science. Dickinson regularly exhibited portraits at the Royal Academy from 1848 to 1891.

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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, by Lowes Cato Dickinson - NPG 1536

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, circa 1840s-1850s
NPG 1536

Thomas Hare, by Lowes Cato Dickinson - NPG 1819

Thomas Hare

by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1867
NPG 1819

Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Bt, replica by Lowes Cato Dickinson - NPG 1387

Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Bt

replica by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1883, based on a work of circa 1870
NPG 1387

Edward Rudge, by Lowes Cato Dickinson - NPG D39914

Edward Rudge

by Lowes Cato Dickinson
lithograph, early 19th century
NPG D39914

Richard Corbett, by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after  Richard Buckner - NPG D34128

Richard Corbett

by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Richard Buckner
hand-coloured lithograph, mid 19th century
NPG D34128

Richard Corbett, by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after  Richard Buckner - NPG D34129

Richard Corbett

by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Richard Buckner
hand-coloured lithograph, mid 19th century
NPG D34129

Charles Finch Foster, by George Baird Shaw, after  Lowes Cato Dickinson - NPG D37762

Charles Finch Foster

by George Baird Shaw, after Lowes Cato Dickinson
stipple engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D37762

A.M. Noles, by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after  George Richmond - NPG D38982

A.M. Noles

by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after George Richmond
lithograph, mid 19th century
NPG D38982

Caroline Johnstone, by Marie Françoise Catherine Doetter ('Fanny') Corbaux, after  Lowes Cato Dickinson - NPG D21964

Caroline Johnstone

by Marie Françoise Catherine Doetter ('Fanny') Corbaux, after Lowes Cato Dickinson
lithograph, circa 1835-1860
NPG D21964

Rose Ellen Hendriks (later Temple), by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after  Alfred Tidey - NPG D9053

Rose Ellen Hendriks (later Temple)

by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Alfred Tidey
lithograph, 1840s-1850s
NPG D9053

George Grote, by Lowes Cato Dickinson, printed by  M & N Hanhart, published by  Dickinson Brothers - NPG D34996

George Grote

by Lowes Cato Dickinson, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Dickinson Brothers
lithograph, 1840s
NPG D34996

Henry James Newbery, by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after  T. Sampson - NPG D38709

Henry James Newbery

by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after T. Sampson
lithograph, 1840s
NPG D38709

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