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George Knapton

Also known as: George Knapton; primary name: Knapton, George
Details: individual; collector; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1698-1778
Biography: Portrait painter and art connoisseur; son or nephew of James Knapton (q,.v.); apprenticed to Richardson 1715-22; subscriber to St. Martin's Lane Academy, 1720; in Italy 1725-32 with Arthur Pond (who stayed only two years); began executing crayon portraits on his return; founder member and official painter Dilettanti Society 1736 and, 1741-49, he painted portraits of members in oils; resigned as painter to the Society in 1763. Had a good reputation as a connoisseur and in1765 was named Surveyor and keeper of the King's Pictures. His drawings sold T. Philipe 25 May - 5 June 1807 with statement 'Mr Knapton died in 1778 bequeathing his collection to the late General Morrison, and it is now laid before the public without the smallest addition or diminution whatever'. His brother was Charles Knapton, the painter and printmaker (q.v.)
Bibliography: ODNB

78 related objects

drawing

Museum number: Pp,1.6 |
Producer name: BIOG29492 Office/studio of:Benozzo Gozzoli |
Production date: 1452

drawing

Museum number: 1884,1108.7 |
Producer name: BIOG44158 Circle/School of:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1630-1673

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.912 |
Producer name: BIOG46731 Drawn by:Francesco Solimena |
Production date: 1672-1747

drawing

Museum number: Pp,2.97 |
Producer name: BIOG27122 Circle/School of:Gaudenzio Ferrari |
Production date: 1496-1546

drawing

Museum number: 1921,0614.5 |
Producer name: BIOG49948 Drawn by:Heinrich Vogtherr I |
Production date: 1542

drawing

Museum number: Pp,5.137 |
Producer name: BIOG39662 Drawn by:Pieter Mulier II |
Production date: 1652-1701

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.467 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Arthur PondAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1701-1735

drawing

Museum number: Pp,3.210 |
Producer name: BIOG18961 Drawn by:Girolamo Bedoli |
Production date: 1515-1569

drawing

Museum number: 1905,1110.55 |
Producer name: BIOG41167 Drawn by:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1523-1524

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.590 |
Producer name: BIOG35758 Drawn by:Liberale da Verona |
Production date: 1460-1529

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.460 |
Producer name: BIOG23991 Drawn by:Lorenzo di Credi |
Production date: 1485-1495

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.105 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 Drawn by:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1532-1535

drawing; print study

Museum number: Pp,5.99 |
Producer name: BIOG44158 Drawn by:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1640-1649

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.466 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Arthur PondAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1720-1735

drawing

Museum number: Pp,2.96 |
Producer name: BIOG41682 Drawn by:Baldassare Peruzzi |
Production date: 1496-1536

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0214.1.a |
Producer name: BIOG52045 Drawn by:Giovanni Maria Zoppelli |
Production date: 1564

drawing

Museum number: 1953,0411.112 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giovanni Antonio PordenoneFormerly attributed to:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1498-1539

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.391 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1623

drawing

Museum number: 1855,0512.312 |
Producer name: BIOG48593 After:Titian |
Production date: 1492-1576

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.768 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Filippo NapoletanoFormerly attributed to:Filippo Lauri |
Production date: 1615-1629

drawing

Museum number: 1836,0811.522 |
Producer name: BIOG47830 Drawn by:Herman van Swanevelt |
Production date: 1634

drawing

Museum number: Pp,5.138 |
Producer name: BIOG41065 Drawn by:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1716-1765

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1303 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jacopo ConfortiniFormerly attributed to:Diego Velázquez |
Production date: 1631

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.48 |
Producer name: BIOG42807 Drawn by:Biagio Pupini |
Production date: 1540

drawing

Museum number: Pp,5.98 |
Producer name: BIOG44158 Drawn by:Salvator Rosa |
Production date: 1640-1649

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0509.37 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1400-1450

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.462 |
Producer name: BIOG23991 Drawn by:Lorenzo di Credi |
Production date: 1474-1537

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1910,0212.45 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giovanni Battista PiazzettaFormerly attributed to:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1697-1754

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.54 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Peter Paul RubensAfter:Jacob Cornelisz Cobaert |
Production date: 1600

drawing; print study

Museum number: Oo,9.30 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Peter Paul RubensDrawn by:Pieter Soutman |
Production date: 1605 1628

drawing

Museum number: 1992,0516.13 |
Producer name: BIOG35418 Drawn by:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1643

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0214.1.b |
Producer name: BIOG52060 After:Taddeo Zuccaro |
Production date: 1564

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0214.1.c |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1570

drawing

Museum number: Pp,5.139 |
Producer name: BIOG41065 Drawn by:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1716-1765

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1116.6 |
Producer name: BIOG27151 Ascribed to:Domenico Fetti |
Production date: 1604-1624

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.904 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Pietro de' PietriAttributed to:Francesco Fernandi |
Production date: 1678-1716

print

Title: Archibald Bower Esqr |
Museum number: Ee,4.120 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1744-1765

print

Title: Nicolas Tindal |
Museum number: Q,1.134 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard PicartAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1733

print

Title: Nicolas Tindal |
Museum number: 1977,0225.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertuePrint made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1735

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.3246 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1742-1765

print

Title: Admiral Hawke. |
Museum number: 1918,0107.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ChapmanAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1796

print

Title: A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.852 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Basire IAfter:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1769

print

Title: Nicolas Tindal |
Museum number: 1927,1008.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard PicartAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1733

print

Title: Nicolas Tindal |
Museum number: 1876,0708.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard PicartAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1733

print

Title: Sr John Rawdon The Rawdons |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1996 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1745

print; book-illustration

Title: Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3375 |
Producer name: Print made by:W T MoteAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1830

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1893,0202.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TaylorAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1795

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sr. Edward Hawke. |
Museum number: K,67.216 |
Producer name: BIOG33957 After:George Knapton |
Production date: 1796

print

Title: Sr Edward Hawke |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3304 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1748

print; satirical print; subscription-ticket

Title: Columbus breaking the Egg |
Museum number: 1944,1014.207 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1752 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Signa Lisabetta Du Parc detta La Francesina |
Museum number: K,60.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joannes Carestini. |
Museum number: K,58.94 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sr Edward Hawke |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3305 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1748 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Colonel George Gray |
Museum number: 1898,0521.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:William H WardAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1898 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print

Title: Joannes Carestini |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1566 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; catalogue

Museum number: 1911,0412.66.1-81 |
Producer name: Published by:Berlin Photographic CompanyAfter:Adolphe Braun |
Production date: 1910 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: Hh,11.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles RogersAfter:Luca Cambiaso |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sr Edward Hawke |
Museum number: 1865,0114.378 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1748

print

Title: Sr Edward Hawke |
Museum number: 1890,0314.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1748

print

Museum number: 1847,0713.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1735

print; book-illustration

Title: Earl of Sandwich. |
Museum number: 1898,0521.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:William H WardAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1898

print; book-illustration

Title: Hon. William Ponsonby, / afterwards Earl of Bessborough. |
Museum number: 1898,0521.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:William H WardAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1898

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.3247 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1742-1765

print

Title: Nicolas Tindal |
Museum number: Q,1.135 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard PicartAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1733

print

Title: Nicolas Tindal |
Museum number: 1863,0509.621 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard PicartAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1733

print; book-illustration

Title: William Fauquier |
Museum number: 1898,0521.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:William H WardAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1898 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print; book-illustration

Title: Hon Seawallis Shirley |
Museum number: 1898,0521.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:William H WardAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1898 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print; book-illustration

Title: Sir James Gray, Bart. K.B. |
Museum number: 1898,0521.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:William H WardAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1898 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print

Museum number: Hh,11.81 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Simone Cantarini |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Lord Hawke, / Knight of the Bath and Admiral of the Fleet. |
Museum number: 1872,0113.1191 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joannes Carestini |
Museum number: 1944,1014.244 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Signa Lisabetta Du Parc detta La Francesina |
Museum number: Ee,5.108 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Signa Lisabetta Du Parc detta La Francesina |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1355 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Archibald Bower |
Museum number: 1865,0520.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HollowayAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joannes Carestini. |
Museum number: K,58.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1735 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: Hh,11.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Basire IAfter:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sr. George Vandeput Baronet |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2395 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:George Knapton |
Production date: 1750 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: Hh,11.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Basire IAfter:Domenichino |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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