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Francis Wheatley
Francis Wheatley

Francis Wheatley

English, 1747 - 1801
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Francis Wheatley was an English portrait and landscape painter.

Wheatley was born at Wild Court, Covent Garden, London, the son of a master tailor. He studied at William Shipley's drawing school and the Royal Academy, and won several prizes from the Society of Arts. He assisted in the decoration of Vauxhall, and aided John Hamilton Mortimer in painting a ceiling for Lord Melbourne at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.

He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1778, built up a good practice and was praised by the critics. But he fell in with extravagant company and was forced to flee his creditors: so he eloped to Ireland with Elizabeth Gresse, wife of a fellow artist John Alexander Gresse (1741–1794).

In the summer of 1779 he was in Dublin with Elizabeth, whom he passed off as his wife, and established himself there as a portrait-painter, executing, among other works, the best-known interior of the Irish House of Commons. He also painted the review of the Dublin regiments of the Irish Volunteers in College Green in November 1779, the basis for a best-selling print bought by numerous Irish Patriot supporters. He was careful to include the grandees of Dublin and also exotic visitors such as Princess Dashkov.

The circumstances of his private life were revealed, and he returned to London. He produced small landscapes, portraits, or street scenes, and began to work in imitation of the French painter Jean-Baptiste Greuze. His scene from the Gordon Riots of 1780 was engraved by James Heath; this was noted as one of his best, but was lost to a fire. He painted several subjects for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, designed illustrations to Bell's edition of the poets, and practised to some small extent as an etcher and mezzotint-engraver. It is, however, as a painter, in both oil and water-color, of landscapes and rustic subjects that Wheatley is best remembered. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1790, and an academician in the following year.

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A Gentleman And His Dog In A Landscape

A Gentleman And His Dog In A Landscape

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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The Deserted Village

The Deserted Village (1795)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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The Amorous Sportsman

The Amorous Sportsman (1786)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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The Affectionate Daughter

The Affectionate Daughter (1792)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Sweet China Oranges, Sweet China

Sweet China Oranges, Sweet China (1794)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Strawberrys, Scarlet Strawberries

Strawberrys, Scarlet Strawberries (1795)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Round & Sound, Five Pence a Pound, Duke Cherries

Round & Sound, Five Pence a Pound, Duke Cherries (1795)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Returned from Market

Returned from Market (1803)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Old Chairs to Mend

Old Chairs to Mend (1795)

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New Mackrel, New Mackrel

New Mackrel, New Mackrel (1795)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Mrs. Stevens

Mrs. Stevens

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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The Mistletoe Bough

The Mistletoe Bough

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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The Browne Family

The Browne Family

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Soldier With Country Women Selling Ribbons, Near A Military Camp

Soldier With Country Women Selling Ribbons, Near A Military Camp

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Portrait Of An Unknown Man

Portrait Of An Unknown Man

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Portrait Of A Sportsman With His Son

Portrait Of A Sportsman With His Son

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Portrait Of A Man, Possibly Mr. Barclay

Portrait Of A Man, Possibly Mr. Barclay

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Portrait Of A Man, Called George Basil Woodd

Portrait Of A Man, Called George Basil Woodd

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Noon

Noon

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Night

Night

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Country Scene; Figures by a Cottage Door and Cattle in a Stream

Country Scene; Figures by a Cottage Door and Cattle in a Stream (1795)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
Landscape
Mrs. Bentley

Mrs. Bentley

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Mrs. Barclay And Her Children

Mrs. Barclay And Her Children

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Mr. Bentley

Mr. Bentley

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Morning

Morning

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise (1734-1808)

Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise (1734-1808)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Henry Addington, Later 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Henry Addington, Later 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Evening

Evening

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Captain Stevens

Captain Stevens

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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Spring

Spring (1793-1794)

Francis Wheatley (English, 1747 - 1801)
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