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RAMSAY, Allan
Prince George Augustus of Mecklenburg-Strelitzm dy
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ID: 08751
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RAMSAY, Allan
Scottish Rococo Era Painter, 1713-1784
Portrait painter, born in Edinburgh, son of the poet Allan Ramsay. He studied in Edinburgh, London, Rome, and Naples, settling in London in 1739 and quickly establishing himself as the leading portraitist of the capital. He was particularly successful in painting women. His career as a portrait painter ended in 1773 Related Paintings of RAMSAY, Allan :. | Sunlight and Shadow (mk44) | The Marriage Instructions | Die Verschworung der Bataver | Christ Carrying the Cross | The Temptation of St Anthony | Related Artists: Jakob Kullepainted Allmogeinterior med kaffedrickande kvinnor in 1876 John KnoxBritish artist ,1778-1845 Thomas Allom1804-1872
was an English artist, topographical illustrator and architect, and one of the founder members of what eventually became the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).He was born in Lambeth, south London, the son of a coachman from Suffolk. In 1819, he was apprenticed to architect Francis Goodwin for whom he worked until 1826. He then studied at the Royal Academy School. His designs for churches shown at exhibitions in 1824 and 1827 aroused considerable interest, and he later designed many buildings in London (including a workhouse in Marloes Road, Kensington (1847), the Church of Christ in Highbury in 1850, the Church of St Peter's in Notting Hill in 1856, and the elegant Ladbroke Estate in west London). Further afield his works included workhouses at Calne, Wiltshire (1847) and in Liverpool, design of the William Brown Library also in Liverpool, (1857-1860), and the tower of St. Leodegarius Church, Basford near Nottingham (1860).
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