John Burnet (painter)
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John Burnet (b. March 1781 in Edinburgh or 20 March 1784 in Fisherrow - d. 29 April 1868 in London) was a Scottish engraver and painter.
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[edit] Life
Son of the Surveyor-General of Excise of Scotland, Burnet was apprenticed to the engraver Robert Scott and later trained at the Trustees Academy.[1]
In 1806, he moved from Edinburgh to London, where he became an established painter of portraits, landscapes, and rural genre scenes.[2]
Between 1808 and 1862, he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and with the Society of British Artists and was finally awarded a fellowship to the Royal Society.[3]
As an engraver he provided illustrations for editions of Robert Burns’s poems and Walter Scott’s Waverley novels.[4]
He engraved copies of paintings of several notable portraits and artists.
He also wrote manuals and books on drawing, painting and artists, retiring from public life in 1860. [5]
[edit] Engravings
- 1817 line engraving of Thomas Bewick after James Ramsay[6]
- 1820 line engraving of Thomas Moore after Sir Martin Archer Shee[7]
- 1828 line engraving of Thomas Campbell after Sir Thomas Lawrence[8]
- 1839 mixed-method engraving of the Duke of Wellington[9]
- 1846 mixed-method engraving of Sir Edwin Landseer's painting 'The Challenge.'[10]
[edit] External links
- National Maritime MuseumImages of his paintings
- The National Portrait Gallery-- Images of his engravings
[edit] References
- ^ National Maritime Museum
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- ^ National Portrait Gallery
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- ^ Ormond, Richard. Sir Edwin Landseer. London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. p. 171
