John Vanderbank
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'John Vanderbank' (9 September 1694 – 23 December 1739), was an English portrait painter and book illustrator. He was born and died in London, and is buried in Marylebone Church. He was the eldest son of John Vanderbank, a Huguenot tapestry weaver, who was born in Paris.
He studied under Sir Godfrey Kneller at Thornhill's Great Queen Street Academy from 1711 until 1720 when he joined with Louis Cheron to found his own Academy in St. Martin’s Lane. It was noted by George Vertue that “only intemperance prevented him from being the greatest portraitist of his generation”.
Vanderbank’s book illustrations include the portrait of Sir Isaac Newton used in the frontspiece of 1726 edition of Principia as well as the 66 plates of the first edition in Spanish of Cervante’s Don Quixote published in England (1738). His 1725 portrait of Sir Isaac Newton hangs in the Trinity College, Cambridge.
[edit] References
- Painting in Britain 1530-1790, Ellis Waterhouse, 1953
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| Subject | Date | Medium | Collection | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough | 1719 | Oil on canvas | British Government Art Collection | UK |
| Woman Visiting a Sorceress | 1721 | Pastel on paper | Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery | London, England |
| Sir Isaac Newton | 1725 | Oil on canvas | Trinity College | Cambridge, England |
| Samuel Clarke | National Portrait Gallery | London, England | ||
| George I | 1726 | Oil | Bowes Museum | County Durham, England |
| The Volte Renversee to the Right | 1728 | Engraving | Tate Gallery | London, England |
| Don Quixote Addressing to Goatherds | Oil on board | Tate Gallery | London, England | |
| George Lambert | 1729 | Oil | Cited by Waterhouse | |
| Edward Wortley Montagu | 1730 | Oil on canvas | British Government Art Collection | UK |
| John Harvey | 1732 | Oil on canvas | British Government Art Collection | UK |
| Queen Caroline | 1736 | Oil | Duke of Richmond and Gordon | Goodwood, Sussex, England |
| Woman in White | 1736 | Oil on board | Dulwich Picture Gallery | UK |
| A Youth of the Lee Family | 1738 | Oil on board | Tate Gallery | London, England |
| Woman in a Blue Dress | Oil on canvas | Private Collection | Ohio | |
| Charles Christian Reisen | Oil on canvas |
