Samuel Drummond
(1765-1844), Portrait and history painterSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 58 portraits
Samuel Drummond was apprenticed to the sea service when he was about thirteen, working the Baltic trade routes for six or seven years. He gave up his career on the sea to enrol in the Royal Academy schools in 1791, exhibiting over three hundred works there from that year until his death. Drummond successfully established himself as a portrait painter, achieving some celebrity and becoming known for the speed with which he could render a likeness. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1808, and thereafter achieved some success in painting naval historical subjects.
by Samuel Drummond
oil on board, 1805-1808
NPG 4817
by Samuel Drummond
watercolour on ivory, circa 1815
NPG 118
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough
by Samuel Drummond
oil on canvas, exhibited 1816
NPG 1123
by Samuel Drummond
oil on canvas, engraved 1820
NPG 5053
by Samuel Drummond
oil on canvas, exhibited 1833
NPG 1959
by Samuel Drummond
oil on canvas, circa 1835
NPG 89
by William Bromley, published by John Sewell, after Samuel Drummond
line engraving, published 1 December 1788
NPG D5575
by William Bromley, published by John Sewell, after Samuel Drummond
line engraving, published 1 December 1788
NPG D15079
after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D7551
after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D7552
by James Thomson (Thompson), after Samuel Drummond
line engraving, circa 1794
NPG D40494
by William Bromley, after Samuel Drummond
line engraving, published 1795
NPG D1020
by William Bromley, published by John Sewell, after Samuel Drummond
line engraving, published 1795
NPG D14086
by John Chapman, after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 1797
NPG D3487
by John Chapman, after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 1797
NPG D3488
by John Chapman, after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 1797
NPG D3489
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 31 August 1798
NPG D13805
by William Barnard, after Samuel Drummond
mezzotint, (1801)
NPG D36947
Mirza Abu Taleb Khan ('Aboo Taleb Khan')
by William Ridley, after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, 1801
NPG D45773
by John Raphael Smith, after Samuel Drummond
mezzotint, 1802 or after
NPG D39396
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