Artist: George Knapton (1698 - 1778)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
George Knapton studied under Richardson before spending the years from 1725 to 1732 in Italy. In 1736, he became a core member of the Society of Dilettanti and the group’s official painter. He created twenty-three oil portraits of the group’s members, paintings that are considered his best work. Knapton was also a well-known art connoisseur and was employed as the Keeper of the King’s Pictures from 1765 until his death.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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George Vertue Portrait Nicolas Tindal, after G. Knapton engraving 1738
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George Knapton [Ships at Sea] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Bird with fish] 1736
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George Knapton [Tree in a landscape] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Roman Ruins] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton The Pantheon, Rome 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Triumphal Arch] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Statues and Ruins] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Triumphal Arch] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton The Pantheon, Rome 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Roman Ruins] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with man and a child] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Figures in a landscape] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Landscape with a Ruin] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [River landscape with high mountain in the background] 1736
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George Knapton [Three figures among Roman Ruins] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [River landscape with boat] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton St. Pauls Preaching at Athens 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Figures among Roman Ruins] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton St. Pauls Preaching at Athens 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Landscape with tree in the foreground] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Soldiers outside the walls of a town] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Two men sitting by a river, one with a bird on his arm] 17th - 18th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Girl Building a House of Cards Attributed to George Knapton (British, 1698-1778)Oil on canvas; 30
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George Knapton [River landscape with people in a boat] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with people bathing in a river] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with children bathing in a river] Etching 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [soldier resting by the river, a bridge in the background] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [Landscape with a river crossed by an old bridge, ruins in the background] 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with man and child; woman hiding at left] Etching 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with ruined old building in left foreground] Etching 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with soldiers standing near a tree at left] Etching 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with two men in right foreground, one holding a bird on his hand] Etching 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with boat on a river, castle in the background at right] Etching 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with man sitting by a river, bridge and building in the background at right] Etching 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with trees at centre, two men at left and castle in the background] Etching 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with overgrown ruined structure at left, a city in the backgrond] Etching 17th - 18th century
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George Knapton [landscape with overgrown ruined structure at left, a city in the backgrond] Etching 17th - 18th century
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George Romney George, First Marquis of Townshend oil on canvas 1792
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
A Young Knight of the Garter, Possibly George Augustus (1683-1760), Later George II of Great
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George B. Shaw George Heriote 19th - 20th century
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Benjamin West - George III 1783 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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George Biddle George Santayana (profile) Lithograph 1952
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Presentation Basting Spoon with Badge of King George III, George Smith IV, England, London, recorded 1799 - 1812  (Artist), 1799, Silver
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Gregor Duncan Portrait Sketch of George T. Eggleston red chalk 1935
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington 1796 oil on canvas Mead Art Museum, Amherst College American
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James McNeill Whistler - George W. Vanderbilt 1897-1903 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington 1786-1793 plaster National Gallery of Art French
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Charles Willson Peale - George Washington 1787 oil on canvas Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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William Holman Hunt - Mrs. George Waugh 1868 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art British
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Jean-Antoine Houdon - George Washington c. 1786 plaster bust Boston Athenaeum
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William Hogarth - George Arnold 1738-1740 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Charles Willson Peale - George Washington c. 1779-81 oil on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
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John Singer Sargent - George McCulloch 1901 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Pollock 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington c. 1803-1805 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Mrs. George Hill c. 1790-1800 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Francis Hayman - George Dance c. 1750 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Gilbert Stuart - George Washington before 1801 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum American
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Allan Ramsay - King George III 1713-84 oil on canvas The Mint Museums English

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George Knapton Online
George Knapton (1698 - 1778) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
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American Family Immigration History Center
Fowler Family Tree - pafg09.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Knapton & Co Real Estate
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire: The State Dining Room
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