George Carter
an artist of considerable merit, was born at Colchester. He was an exhibitor at the Royal Academy in 1775, when he sent 'A Wounded Hussar on the Field of Battle.' He afterwards painted 'The Dying Pilgrim,' 'The Siege of Gibraltar,' and many portraits. He is known as the painter of 'The Death of Captain Cook,' 'The Fisherman's Return,' and other popular works, which have been engraved. He died at Hendon in 1795.
Related Paintings of George Carter :. | A Toast in the Idun Society, | California landscape | Mary Magdalene at the Foot of the Cross | The Rape of Europe | Balkonszene in Bordighera | Related Artists: Lockey, RowlandEnglish Baroque Era Painter, active ca.1593-1616 Leonard DefranceFlemish Painter, 1735-1805 Louis-Leopold BoillyFrench Painter, 1761-1845
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