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.
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, circa 1840s-1850s
NPG 1536
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1855-1867
On display at Palace of Westminster, London
NPG 5222
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1870 (1861)
NPG 316
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1862
On display in Room 24 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2525
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1867
NPG 1819
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
chalk, 1867
NPG 1431
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1869-1874
On display at Palace of Westminster, London
NPG 5116
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1869
NPG 4293
replica by Lowes Cato Dickinson
oil on canvas, 1883 (circa 1870)
On display in Room 27 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1387
George Eliot (Mary Ann Cross (née Evans))
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
ink, 1872
NPG 4961
by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Richard Buckner
hand-coloured lithograph, mid 19th century
NPG D34128
by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Richard Buckner
hand-coloured lithograph, mid 19th century
NPG D34129
by Fanny Corbaux, after Lowes Cato Dickinson
lithograph, circa 1835-1860
NPG D21964
by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Alfred Tidey
lithograph, 1840s-1850s
NPG D9053
by Lowes Cato Dickinson, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Dickinson Brothers
lithograph, 1840s
NPG D34996
by Lowes Cato Dickinson
lithograph, 1840s
NPG D38122
by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Sir Vincent Eyre
lithograph, (1842)
NPG D2319
Florentia (née Wynch), Lady Sale
by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Sir Vincent Eyre
lithograph, (1842)
NPG D5891
Florentia (née Wynch), Lady Sale
by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Sir Vincent Eyre
lithograph, (1842)
NPG D5892
by Lowes Cato Dickinson, after Frederick Cruickshank
lithograph, 1850s-1880s
NPG D33699
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
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Italy
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