Nathaniel Plimer
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Nathaniel Plimer (1757 – 1822) was an English miniature portrait painter.
Plimer was born to a clockmaker in Wellington, Shropshire. He was apprenticed to Henry Bone the enameler, before joining his brother, Andrew, in studying drawing with Richard Cosway. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1787 until 1815.[1] He exhibited twenty-six works. Many of his smaller portraits are highly regarded.
Plimer had four daughters, one of whom married the painter, Andrew Geddes.
[edit] References
- ^ Perfect Likeness, Aronson & Wieseman, 2006. ISBN 0300115806
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