William Beechey

Sir Henry William Beechey RA ( born December 12, 1753 Burford, Oxfordshire, England; † January 28, 1839 in London) was a British portrait painter.

Life

Henry William Beechey was the son of William Beechey (* 1732) and Hannah Read. Originally intended for a legal education, it 's love brought to painting to enroll 1772 in the four years previously founded Royal Academy of Arts in London. He was a pupil of the painter Johann Zoffany, whose influence is evident in his early works. 1776 presented Beechey from his first works and some of his smaller portraits gained him great reputation. Various orders, to make portraits of the English aristocracy, followed. In 1782 he moved to Norwich, where he had received several orders, but in 1787 he returned to London. In 1789 he exhibited a portrait of John Douglas, Bishop of Carlisle, her, which is to be regarded as one of the gems of its activities. In 1793 he became an associate member of the Royal Academy of Arts ( ARA) and the same year he was appointed portrait painter to the Queen Charlotte. He painted portraits of members of the royal family, and many famous people in the fashion of their time.

When his best work, the painting of George III in 1798 obtained shall be considered. and the Prince of Wales at the parade of troops of cavalry, a large composition in the foreground, King George III. , the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York are shown surrounded by a brilliant staff on horseback. In recognition of this work the artist the honor was to be bestowed raised to knighthood and in 1798 a full member of the Royal Academy - to be elected (RA Royal Academician ). This painting was destroyed by fire in 1992 during the fire at Windsor Castle.

Among his numerous portraits can be found, among other things, the Lord Nelson, John Philip Kemble and Sarah Siddons.

William Beechey was 1772 ( according to any other indication 1778) first wife Mary Ann Jones (* 1760, † 1793) married, by whom he had five children:

  • Emma Amelia Beechey (* 1784, † 1859)
  • Henry William Beechey (* 1788, † August 4, 1862 ) - British painter and Egyptologist
  • Charles Beechey (* 1789)
  • Caroline Beechey (* 1790)
  • Harriet Beechey (* 1792)

On February 27, 1793, he married his second wife Ann Phyllis Jessop ( born August 3, 1764 † December 14, 1833 ) with whom he had 16 children:

  • Phyliss Ann Beechey (* 1794, † December 1883 )
  • Frederick William Beechey (* February 17, 1796, † November 29, 1856 ) - British naval officer, polar explorer, geographer and politician
  • George Duncan Beechey (* 1798, † December 6, 1852 ) - British portrait painter
  • Ann Dodsworth Beechey (* 1800)
  • Charlotte Earle Beechey (* August 3, 1801; † August 1, 1878 )
  • William Nelson Beechey (* August 3, 1801, † November 28, 1849 )
  • Alfred Beechey (* June 24, 1803 )
  • Saint Vincent Beechey ( August 7, 1806; † August 19, 1899 )
  • Richard Brydges Beechey ( born May 17, 1808 † March 14, 1895 ) - British marine painter and Admiral in the Royal Navy
  • Jane Henrietta Frances Beechey ( born December 19, 1809)
  • Augusta Beechey (* 1812)
  • Fredricka Anne Beechey (* 1814)
  • Ernest William Beechey (* 1816)
  • Frances Beechey (* 1818)
  • Phyliss Beechey (* 1820)
  • Daughter S. R. Beechey (* 1822)

Works (selection)

George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton

Sarah Curran

King William IV

Queen Adelaide

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

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