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John Hoppner
John Hoppner

John Hoppner

English, 1758 - 1810
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John Hoppner RA was an English portrait painter, much influenced by Reynolds, who achieved fame as a brilliant colourist.

Hoppner was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of German parents – his mother was one of the German attendants at the royal palace. King George showed a fatherly interest and patronage of the young boy that gave rise to rumours, quite unfounded, that he may have been his illegitimate son.

Hoppner became a chorister at the royal chapel, but, showing strong inclination for art, in 1775 he entered the Royal Academy. In 1778 he took a silver medal for drawing from life, and in 1782 the Academy's highest award, the gold medal for historical painting, his subject being King Lear.

Hoppner first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780. His earliest love was for landscape, but necessity obliged him to turn to the more lucrative business of portrait painting. At once successful, he had throughout life the most fashionable and wealthy sitters, and was the greatest rival to the growing attraction of Thomas Lawrence. He rarely attempted ideal subjects, though a Sleeping Venus, Belisarius, Jupiter and Io, a Bacchante and Cupid and Psyche are recorded among his works. The Prince of Wales visited him especially often, and many of his finest portraits were hung in the state apartments at St James's Palace, notably those of the prince himself, the Duke and Duchess of York, Lord Rodney and Lord Nelson. His other sitters included Sir Walter Scott, the Duke of Wellington, Henry Bartle Frere and Sir George Beaumont.

In 1803 he published A Series of Portraits of Ladies, engraved after his paintings by Charles Wilkin, and in 1805 a volume of translations of Eastern tales into English verse.

Unusually Hoppner painted the background and perhaps more of a full-length portrait of Charlotte, Countess Talbot by Thomas Gainsborough in 1788, the year in which Gainsborough died. It is now in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

Hoppner was a man of great social power, and had the knowledge and accomplishments of a man of the world.

He married Phoebe Wright, the daughter of American-born sculptor Patience Wright. They had five children, although little is known about the youngest.

In his later years Hoppner suffered from a chronic disease of the liver. He died on 23 January 1810.

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Richard Bache

Richard Bache (1792-1793)

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Mrs. Richard Bache (Sarah Franklin, 1743–1808)

Mrs. Richard Bache (Sarah Franklin, 1743–1808) (1793)

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Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Hester Jane Ogle, 1775–1817) and Her Son (Charles Brinsley Sheridan, 1796–1843)

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Hester Jane Ogle, 1775–1817) and Her Son (Charles Brinsley Sheridan, 1796–1843)

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Cecilia

Cecilia (1782)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
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Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman (1790s)

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The Sackville Children

The Sackville Children (1796)

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Thomas Erskine, Lord Chancellor

Thomas Erskine, Lord Chancellor

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Portrait of Thomas Norton Esq. (1760–1803) of Kingston Bowsey, Sussex

Portrait of Thomas Norton Esq. (1760–1803) of Kingston Bowsey, Sussex

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Portrait of a Lady (possibly Mrs. Charles Greeley)

Portrait of a Lady (possibly Mrs. Charles Greeley)

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Miss Charlotte Papendick as a Child

Miss Charlotte Papendick as a Child (1788)

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Portrait of the Hughes-Hallett children

Portrait of the Hughes-Hallett children

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Mrs. Moncrieff

Mrs. Moncrieff (About 1790)

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Portrait of Captain George Porter

Portrait of Captain George Porter (1789)

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Portrait of a man

Portrait of a man

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Mrs. Thomas Pechell (Charlotte Clavering, died 1841)

Mrs. Thomas Pechell (Charlotte Clavering, died 1841) (1799)

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The Countess of Darnley and her Daughter, Lady Elizabeth Bligh

The Countess of Darnley and her Daughter, Lady Elizabeth Bligh (circa 1795)

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Honorable James William Dillon (1792-1812), Son of Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount

Honorable James William Dillon (1792-1812), Son of Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount (circa 1808)

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Portrait of Charles Moss, Archdeacon of Colchester and Bishop of Bath and Wells

Portrait of Charles Moss, Archdeacon of Colchester and Bishop of Bath and Wells

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Portrait of William Inigo Jones

Portrait of William Inigo Jones (ca 1800)

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Portrait of Lady Jane Perceval, née Wilson (1769-1844)

Portrait of Lady Jane Perceval, née Wilson (1769-1844)

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A Young Man with a Horse, with Studies of Hounds and Dead Hare

A Young Man with a Horse, with Studies of Hounds and Dead Hare (ca. 1785)

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Young Child with Lap-Dog

Young Child with Lap-Dog

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A Sleeping Bacchante

A Sleeping Bacchante (1789)

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Mythology
Neaera

Neaera (1788)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
Mythology
The Sleeping Nymph

The Sleeping Nymph (1808)

John Hoppner (English, 1758 - 1810)
Mythology
Clara at the tomb of Eloisa

Clara at the tomb of Eloisa (1786)

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Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Comic Muse

Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Comic Muse (1787)

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George IV as Prince of Wales

George IV as Prince of Wales (1792)

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Lady Cunliffe

Lady Cunliffe (1781-1782)

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Lady Hester King

Lady Hester King (probably 1805)

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