Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Edward Oram (active 1766-1799), Landscape painter

Landscape painter, son of the painter William Oram (1704-77); exhibited landscapes at the Society of Artists, London, 1766 and RA 1775-90 and 1798-99; sometime the assistant of De Loutherbourg, he painted scenery for the Royalty Theatre which flourished in 1788-89 (see John Palmer).


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.