Robert Edge Pine
(1730-1788), PainterArtist associated with 73 portraits
Robert Edge Pine was a portrait and historical painter He was the son of John Pine, the engraver, and was probably his pupil. Pine exhibited at the Society of Artists from 1760 to 1771, and at the Free Society of Artists from 1761 to 1763. During the 1760s, he was one of the leading portrait painters in London; his sitters included George II, the Duke of Northumberland and David Garrick. In around 1784, Pine moved to America and settled in Philadelphia, where he devoted himself to portraiture. He built a flourishing portrait practice, with George Washington his most eminent American sitter.
by William Dickinson, after Robert Edge Pine
mezzotint, late 1780s
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by Thomas Milton, after Robert Edge Pine
line engraving, published 1803
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by James Godby, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Robert Edge Pine, after William Evans
stipple engraving, published 1 March 1809 (circa 1777)
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by William Skelton, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Robert Edge Pine
line engraving, published 1 November 1818 (1775-1780)
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by William Strang, after Robert Edge Pine
etching, late 19th century
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Hester Lynch Piozzi (née Salusbury, later Mrs Thrale)
by Charles William Sherborn, after Robert Edge Pine
etching, 1887 (1781)
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by Henry Dixon & Son, probably after Robert Edge Pine
platinum print, 1887-1894
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by Richard Houston, after Robert Edge Pine
mezzotint
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published by Robert Sayer, after Kitchemer, after Robert Edge Pine
mezzotint, (circa 1763)
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by William Dickinson, published Carington Bowles, after Robert Edge Pine
mezzotint, published 17 September 1771
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by John Keyse Sherwin, after Robert Edge Pine
engraved copper plate, 1777-1784
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by William Strang, after Robert Edge Pine
etching, late 19th century
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