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Major André

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Written by: Tolga ErginResearcher · Asian Art
Miniature Painting · Catalogue no. 1033896
George Engleheart

Major André

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byYale Center for British Art
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Artist / MakerGeorge Engleheart
Date1775
Mediumgouache paint, watercolor paint, ivory
TypeMiniature
CollectionYale Center for British Art
LocationYale Center for British Art
About the Artist

George Engleheart was born in Kew to a German plaster modeler. Among his teachers were George Barret (1728/32– <br>1784) and Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), whose work Engleheart copied in miniature. One of Richard Cosway’s (1742–1821) greatest rivals and stylistically the closest to his work, Engleheart worked primarily in London until retiring in 1813, after which date he painted few miniatures. Engleheart’s miniatures have a more linear, labored manner than those of Cosway, whose painterly works were often left unfinished near the… Full biography →

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