Samuel Lane
Samuel Lane (1780–1859)[1] was an English portrait-painter.
Samuel Lane | |
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 Lane's portrait of John Rickman, about 1831 | |
| Born | 26 July 1780 |
| Died | 29 July 1859 (aged 79) Ipswich |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Sir Thomas Lawrence |
| Known for | oil portrait-painter |
| Awards | Royal Academy |
Life
The son of Samuel and Elizabeth Lane, he was born at King's Lynn on 26 July 1780. After a childhood accident he became deaf and partially dumb. He studied under Joseph Farington and then under Sir Thomas Lawrence who employed him as assistant.[2]
Lane first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1804, secured a large practice, and was a constant contributor for more than fifty years, sending in all 217 works. He lived in London at 60 Greek Street, Soho until 1853, and then retired to Ipswich; he sent his last contribution to the Academy in 1857. He died at Ipswich on 29 July 1859.[2]
Works
His portraits included: Lord George Bentinck for the Lynn guildhall; James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez for the United Service Club; Sir George Pollock and Sir John Malcolm for the Oriental Club; Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond; Charles Blomfield, bishop of London; Thomas Clarkson for Wisbech town-hall; Philip Broke for the East Suffolk Hospital; Thomas Coke, for the Norwich Corn Exchange; Luke Hansard for the Stationers' Company; Thomas Telford, Edmond Wodehouse, General William Loftus (MP) and other prominent persons. Lane was known for truthful likenesses; many of them were engraved by Charles Turner, Samuel William Reynolds, William Ward, and others.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samuel Lane. |
- Samuel Lane (1780-1859), Portrait painter. National Portrait Gallery, 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013. Archived here.
- O'Donoghue 1892.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: O'Donoghue, Freeman Marius (1892). "Lane, Samuel". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
