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George Knapton

English painter (1698-1778) · Artists · Died at 80

George Knapton was an English portrait painter who specialised in portrait painting. He was the first portraitist for the Society of Dilettanti in the 1740s, and served as Surveyor and Keeper of the King's Pictures from 1765 to 1778.

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Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1698 to 1778 · aged 80