Lemuel Francis Abbott
(circa 1760-1802), Portrait painterSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 79 portraits
In 1775, at the age of fourteen, Abbott was apprenticed to Francis Hayman, after whose death in the following year he returned to his parents and probably continued to study portrait painting independently. In around 1780, he moved to London, and between 1788 and 1800 he showed fifteen male portraits at the Royal Academy. Abbott portrayed many diplomats, colonial governors and senior naval officers. His portraits were engraved by, among others, Valentine Green, Joseph Skelton and William Walker.
by James Heath, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, circa 1809
NPG D40835
by Samuel Freeman, published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 1 July 1809
NPG D14170
by Henry Bone, probably after Lemuel Francis Abbott
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, February 1810
NPG D17643
by Thomas Blood, published by James Asperne, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1812
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Joseph Nollekens with a bust of Charles James Fox
by Giovanni Vendramini, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 21 October 1816 (circa 1797)
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Joseph Nollekens with a bust of Charles James Fox
by Giovanni Vendramini, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 21 October 1816 (circa 1797)
NPG D14363
by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 11 June 1816
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by John Henry Robinson, published by Baldwin & Cradock, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 1836 (1793)
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by John Henry Robinson, published by Baldwin & Cradock, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 1836 (1793)
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by William Read, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple and line engraving, published 1836
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by Samuel Freeman, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple and line engraving, published 1844
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by Robert Graves, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
line engraving, published 5 November 1847 (after 1797)
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by George Baxter, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
Baxter print, published 1853
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by George Baxter, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
Baxter print, published 1853
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by William Nutter, published by A.E. Evans & Son, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published circa 1857
NPG D19248
published by The Medici Society Ltd, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
chromolithograph, published 1912 (1794)
NPG D38494
by Robert Sargent Austin, printed by The Baynard Press, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
chromolithograph, published 1943
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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
by Valentine Green, after and published by Lemuel Francis Abbott
mezzotint, published 1 December 1795
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Joseph Nollekens with a bust of Charles James Fox
by Giovanni Vendramini, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 21 October 1816 (circa 1797)
NPG D19817
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