John Linnell
(1792-1882), PainterSitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 70 portraits
John Linnell was a successful and much admired artist during his lifetime. He had a thriving portrait practice, but his real passion was always landscape painting. Largely self-taught, he entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1805, and he became a pupil of John Varley at around the same time. From 1807 to 1811, he exhibited oil paintings, mainly genre scenes and landscapes, at the Royal Academy and at the British Institution. From the late 1840s, he abandoned portraiture in favour of landscapes. Deeply religious, his work includes Biblical as well as English landscapes. Throughout his life, his work was much in demand and he became very prosperous.
by John Linnell
mezzotint, 1836 (1836)
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by John Linnell, published by John Leifchild
mezzotint, published 10 November 1836
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by and published by John Linnell
mezzotint, published 10 November 1836 (1835)
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Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
by and published by John Linnell, published by Francis Graves & Co
mezzotint, published 15 March 1836
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Edward William Wynne Pendarves
by John Linnell, published by Dominic Charles Colnaghi
mezzotint, published March 1836 (1835)
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by and published by John Linnell
mezzotint, published 10 November 1836 (1835)
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by John Linnell
mezzotint, 1837
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by John Linnell, published by Thomas Boys
mezzotint, published 1838
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by (Isaac) Weld Taylor, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by Thomas Boys, after John Linnell
lithograph, published 6 March 1840
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by James Scott, published by Thomas Boys, after John Linnell
mezzotint, published 1 January 1840
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by James Scott, published by Thomas Boys, after John Linnell
mezzotint, published 1 January 1840
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by James Scott, published by Thomas Boys, after John Linnell
mezzotint, published 1 January 1840
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by John Linnell
etching, 1841
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by John Linnell, published by Welch & Gwynne
mezzotint, published May 1841 (1838)
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by Joseph Brown, published by Richard Bentley, after John Linnell
stipple engraving, published January 1841
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by John Linnell, published by Moseley & Nephew
mezzotint, published 12 April 1842
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by John Linnell, published by Moseley & Nephew
mezzotint, published 12 April 1842
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by John Linnell, published by Moseley & Nephew
mezzotint, published 12 April 1842
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Charlotte Pyndar (née Scott), Countess Beauchamp
by John Linnell
lithograph, 1845
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Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester
by James Henry Lynch, published by Joseph Hogarth, after John Linnell
lithograph, published 7 March 1860
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probably by Amable Nicolas Fournier, printed by Drouart, after John Linnell
stipple engraving, before 1861
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probably by Amable Nicolas Fournier, printed by Drouart, after John Linnell
stipple engraving, before 1861
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by Charles Wentworth Wass, after John Linnell
mezzotint, 1875 (1838)
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by Charles Wentworth Wass, after John Linnell
mezzotint, 1875 (1838)
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by Charles Wentworth Wass, after John Linnell
mezzotint, 1875 (1838)
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by Simeon Myers, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, after John Linnell
etching and aquatint, published 1 September 1886
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after John Linnell
tracing, 1918
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by James Donald Milner, after John Linnell
tracing, 23 April 1918 (1840)
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issued by Sarony & Co, after John Linnell
gravure cigarette card, 1923 (1838)
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by and published for John Linnell, published by William Johnstone White
engraving and etching, published 2 May 1831 (date has been altered on the impression from the printed date 1 May)
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