Nathan Cooper Branwhite

Nathan Cooper Branwhite (c. 1775 – 18 March 1857) was an English miniature portrait painter, watercolourist and engraver who was a member of the Bristol School of artists. He was Bristol's leading miniature portrait painter in the 1820s.[1]

Nathan Cooper Branwhite
Portrait of James Sims, M.D., engraving by Branwhite after Samuel Medley, 1801
Bornc. 1775
St Albans, Hertfordshire
Died(1857-03-18)18 March 1857
Clifton, Bristol
NationalityEnglish
Known forPortrait miniature, Watercolour, Engraving

Life

Branwhite was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, the son of a poet, Peregrine Branwhite, and became a pupil of Isaac Taylor. He exhibited 13 miniatures at the Royal Academy between 1802 and 1828. He was also a stipple engraver.[2] By 1810 he was living in Bristol. He participated in the sketching activities of the Bristol School and was a friend of Edward Bird and James Johnson. In 1824 he was one of the organisers of the first exhibition of local artists at the new Bristol Institution.[1] In 1832 he exhibited a number of works at the first exhibition of the newly formed Bristol Society of Artists, also at the Bristol Institution.[3]

Branwhite died on 18 March 1857 in Clifton, Bristol. He had at least four children.[2] His sons Nathan (1813–94) and Charles (1817–80) were both artists.[4]

References
  1. Greenacre, Francis (1973). The Bristol School of Artists: Francis Danby and Painting in Bristol 1810–1840 (exhibition catalogue). Bristol: City Art Gallery, Bristol. pp. 181–182.
  2. Remington, V. (2004). "Branwhite, Nathan Cooper". In Matthew, H.C.G.; Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 7. Oxford University Press. p. 381. ISBN 0-19-861357-1.
  3. Greenacre, Francis; Stoddard, Sheena (1991). W.J. Müller. Bristol: The Friends of Bristol Art Gallery. pp. 50–55. ISBN 0-9507242-1-1.
  4. Greenacre, Francis (1973). The Bristol School of Artists: Francis Danby and Painting in Bristol 1810–1840 (exhibition catalogue). Bristol: City Art Gallery, Bristol. p. 187.
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