Richard James Lane
(1800-1872), Sculptor and lithographerSitter in 6 portraits
Artist associated with 1226 portraits
Born at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, into an artistic family. His mother was a niece of Thomas Gainsborough and his father a prebendary of Hereford Cathedral. At sixteen, he was apprenticed to line engraver Charles Heath. Lane worked as an engraver for several years before turning his attention to the lithographic method of printmaking. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1824 and was elected an associate engraver three years later. Lane specialised in portraiture; he produced hundreds of portraits of royalty, actors, artists and other notable society members. Queen Victoria appointed him royal lithographer in 1837.
by Herbert Watkins
albumen print, late 1850s
NPG P301(167)
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax28951
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax17236
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1863
NPG Ax17135
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1866
NPG Ax36253
by Edward Hodges
pencil and chalk, 1839
NPG D5766
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