Andrew Morton (1802–1845) was an English portrait-painter.
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Life edit
Born at Newcastle upon Tyne on 25 July 1802, he was son of Joseph Morton, a master mariner there, and was an elder brother of Thomas Morton the surgeon. He came to London and studied at the Royal Academy, gaining a silver medal in 1821. He exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy in 1821.[1]
Morton had a large practice and numerous distinguished sitters for portraits. He died on 1 August 1845 and is buried at Highgate Cemetery.[1][2]
Works edit
Morton was a frequent exhibitor of portraits, on which he concentrated, at the British Academy and British Institution. His style resembled that of Sir Thomas Lawrence. In the National Gallery (London) there are portraits by him of Sir James Cockburn, Marianna, Lady Cockburn, and Marianna Augusta, Lady Hamilton. In Greenwich Hospital, London, there was a portrait of William IV by him.[1]
Notes edit
- ^ a b c Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Cansick, Frederick Teague (1872). The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol 2. J Russell Smith. p. 18. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
External links edit
- 22 artworks by or after Andrew Morton at the Art UK site
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Morton, Andrew". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.