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 :. | Lady Elizabeth Percy | Cosmas Damian asam | Melpomene Erato and Polymnia (mk05) | Young Italian Girl by the Well | Portrait of Nikolaus Kratzer,Astronomer | Related Artists: Vervloet FrancoisMalines 1795-Venise 1872 BIGARNY, FelipeSpanish Sculptor, ca.1480-1542 ZUCCARELLI FrancescoItalian painter, Venetian school (b. Pitigliano, 1702, d. 1788, Firenze)
Florentine landscape painter and decorator. He twice visited London, where he decorated the Opera House and was well known through popular engravings of his scenes on the Thames. He was a charter member of the Royal Academy. His facile paintings of landscapes with ruins and small figures are best seen in Windsor Castle and in the Academy, Venice.
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