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Gabriel Mathias

Header: Gabriel Mathias
Also known as: Gabriel Mathias; primary name: Mathias, Gabriel
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; British; German; Male
Life dates: 1719-1804
Biography: Painter. Born in London, the son of a Huguenot refugee named Jacques Mathias. Studied under Ramsay 1739; in Rome 1745-8. Returned to London where he held an appoinment in the office of the Privy Purse and after 1769 administered George III's subsidies to the Royal Academy. According to Waterhouse, died Acton 1804 (date of death formerly given as 1803). Information about Mathias's birth and family was provided by Andrew Bridgeford in an email of November 2011, filed in the Zoffany dossier.

15 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1927,0419.1 |
Producer name: BIOG52035 Drawn by:Johan Joseph Zoffany |
Production date: 1777-1778

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.3409 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1765

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.576 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1765

print

Title: William Ansah Sessarakoo |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1866 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1749

print

Title: The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1529 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1720-1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1530 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1720-1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp |
Museum number: 1872,0511.424 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1720-1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1871,0812.1884 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1765

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.3410 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1765

print

Title: William Ansah Sessarakoo |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1867 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1749

print

Title: William Ansah Sessarakoo |
Museum number: 1851,0308.604 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1749

print

Title: The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp |
Museum number: 1865,0114.392 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1710-1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Lady Abbess of the English Nuns at Antwerp |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1531 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1720-1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Henry Needler Esq |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1856 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1760-1800

print

Title: Frederick III King of Prussia |
Museum number: 1871,1209.1136 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexander BaillieAfter:Gabriel Mathias |
Production date: 1758