John Simpson
(1782-1847), ArtistArtist associated with 16 portraits
John Simpson studied at the Royal Academy Schools, and he was for many years one of Sir Thomas Lawrence's most active assistants, completing several of his unfinished portraits after his death in 1830. Simpson lived and worked in London, where he established a successful portrait painting practice with many eminent sitters to his name. In 1834 travelled to Portugal, where he was appointed portrait painter-in-ordinary to Maria II, queen of Portugal
by John Simpson
oil on canvas, engraved 1826
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Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland
by John Simpson, after Charles Robert Leslie
oil on canvas, 1834, based on a work of 1829
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attributed to John Simpson
oil on canvas, circa 1829
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by John Simpson
oil on canvas, exhibited 1833
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George James Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley
by William Brett, after John Simpson
mezzotint, circa 1824-1827
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George James Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley
by William Brett, after John Simpson
mezzotint, (1825)
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John Fleming Leicester, 1st Baron De Tabley
after Sir Joshua Reynolds, and James Northcote, and John Simpson
mezzotint, (1826)
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by Henry Meyer, after John Simpson
mezzotint, published 21 July 1830
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by Henry Meyer, after John Simpson
mezzotint, published 21 July 1830
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by William Say, published by Walter Benjamin Tiffin, after John Simpson
mezzotint, published 1 January 1834
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by John Porter, published by Colnaghi and Puckle, after John Simpson
mezzotint, published 26 July 1841
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by John Porter, published by A. Somers, and published by De Frece, after John Simpson
mezzotint, circa 1850s
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by George Henry Phillips, after John Simpson
mezzotint, published 1852 (1836)
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by John Porter, published by A. Somers, and published by A.J. Isaacs, after John Simpson
mezzotint, published 1 March 1854
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by William Say, published by Walter Benjamin Tiffin, after John Simpson
mezzotint, published 1834
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