Charles Foot Tayler

Charles Foot Tayler (1794–1853[1]), sometimes spelled "Taylor",[2] was a noted painter of portrait miniatures,[3] active on the Isle of Wight and in Bath, England, in the first half of the 19th century.[4]

Charles Foot Tayler
Born1794 
Newport 
Died1853  (aged 58–59)
OccupationPortrait painter, miniaturist 
A Young Lady seated in an upholstered armchair

Taylor was born at Newport on the Isle of Wight.[5] He had at least two brothers, Daniel (1787–1840) and Edward (1804–1869), known from his paintings of them.[6]

He was said to have been exceedingly accurate in his depiction of his sitters.[3] He exhibited 'A portrait of Mr E. Tayler' at the Royal Academy in 1820,[7] and exhibited other works there until the year of his death.

Among his subjects were Adelaide Lucy Fenton,[3] Charles Abel Moysey, Archdeacon of Bath,[8] General Sir Edwin B. Johnson,[9] and General Sir Thomas Hawker KCH.[10]

He married his second wife, Sarah Matilda née Morris, at St Swithin's, Walcot, in 1850.[5] At the time of the 1851 census he was living at 7 Oxford Row, Bath, with Sarah, who was then aged 30, and his children Daniel, aged 18, dentist student; Charly B., aged 15, artist-student; and Katholene [sic] A., aged 4, as well as two servants.[5] Sarah and all the children were born in Bath.[5]

He died aged 55 on 24 July 1853 and is buried in section 5, row 5G of Bath Abbey Cemetery, with his daughter Charlotte Ann Susanna Tayler, who died on 30 May 1845, aged 15; and his (first) wife Ann Tayler, who died on 25 November 1847, aged 36.[5] A 2008 survey noted that the grave's headstone was in a poor state of repair, having delaminated.[5]

Several of his works on ivory are in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum,[1][11] including a portrait of Susan Tayler, bequeathed by the artist's grandson.[4]

References
Eleanor Ann Ram, later Mrs Archibald Campbell (1837)
  1. "Portrait miniature of a gentleman of the Barratt family | Tayler, Charles Foot". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. "Charles Foot Tayler (British, active 1818-1853) Eleanor Ann Ram, later Mrs Archibald Campbell (d.1879), wearing white dress with pleated bodice and puff sleeves, ribbon bows at her shoulders. her hair worn in ringlets and plaits, she holds a basket of flowers". Bonhams. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. "Helmingham Hall 3". Antiques Roadshow. Series 40. Episode 22. 19 August 2018. BBC Television. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. "Portrait miniature of Susan Tayler | Tayler, Charles Foot". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  5. "Bath Abbey Cemetery – Memorial Inscriptions - section 5" (PDF). Bath Record Office. 2008. p. 314. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  6. "Charles Foot Tayler | 2 works: Two portraits of the artist's brothers: Edward (1804-69), wearing black coat, waistcoat, pleated white chemise and tied black stock, open window behind; Daniel (1787-1840), wearing black lined dark blue cloak tied with cords over black coat". Mutual Art. Retrieved 21 August 2018. set in leather travelling cases... 68mm. (2 5/8ins.) and Rectangular, 98mm. (3 7/8ins.) high (2)... This artwork was auctioned on Nov. 17, 2004
  7. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy 1820: the fifty-second. 1820. p. 32.
  8. Belsey, Hugh; Gainsborough, Thomas; Edridge, Henry; Society, Gainsborough House; Moysey, Charles Abel (1984). The Moysey family: an exhibition, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk, 19th May to 8th July 1984. Gainsborough's House Society.
  9. "A fine portrait miniature of General Sir Edwin B Johnson (4 July 1825 – 18 June 1893)". Online Galleries. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  10. "Sir Thomas Hawker seated wearing staff uniform his scarlet coat with gold epaulettes his black collar with gold lace gold waist-sash the belt plate with royal cipher VR curtain background by Charles FootTayler". Artnet. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  11. "Portrait miniature of an unknown woman | Tayler, Charles Foot". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
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