James Green
(1771-1834), Portrait painterArtist associated with 17 portraits
James Green was initially apprenticed to Thomas Martyn, a draughtsman of natural history. When his apprenticeship expired, he entered the Royal Academy schools in 1791, where he attracted the notice of Sir Joshua Reynolds, and copied many of his pictures. In 1805, Green married Mary Byrne, also a portrait artist and miniaturist. He gradually attained a good reputation for his portraits in watercolour, and many of them were engraved and reproduced as prints. Green was a frequent exhibitor at the British Institution, where he showed mainly genre and subject pictures, and was also a member of the Associated Artists in Watercolours.
by James Green
oil on canvas, 1803
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by James Green
oil on canvas, circa 1805-1810
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by James Green
oil on canvas, circa 1816
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by James Green
oil on canvas, 1830
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by James Green
oil on canvas, 1833
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by James Green
watercolour, 1794
NPG D67
by Maxim Gauci, after James Green
lithograph, early 19th century
NPG D16948
George Frederick Cooke in the Character of Iago
by James Ward, after James Green
mezzotint, published 1801
NPG D34089
George Frederick Cooke in the Character of Iago
by James Ward, after James Green
mezzotint, published 1801
NPG D34090
by G. Scott, after James Green
stipple engraving, published 1804
NPG D6914
by G. Scott, after James Green
stipple engraving, published 1804
NPG D6915
by Henry Meyer, published by Robert Cribb & Son, after James Green
mezzotint, published 24 July 1813
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by and published by William Say, after James Green
mezzotint, published 1818
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by William Say, published by and after James Green
mezzotint, published 1819
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by William Say, published by and after James Green
mezzotint, published 1819
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by William Say, after James Green
mezzotint
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by R.P., after James Green
pencil, circa 1830
NPG D18558
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