- John Vanderbank
John Vanderbank (
9 September ,1694 –23 December ,1739 ), was an English portrait painter and book illustrator. He was born and died in London, and is buried in Marylebone Church. He was the eldest son of John Vanderbank, a Huguenot tapestry weaver, who was born in Paris.He studied under Sir
Godfrey Kneller at Thornhill's Great Queen Street Academy from 1711 until 1720 when he joined withLouis Cheron to found his own Academy in St. Martin’s Lane. It was noted byGeorge Vertue that “only intemperance prevented him from being the greatest portraitist of his generation”.Vanderbank’s book illustrations include the portrait of Sir Isaac Newton used in the frontspiece of 1726 edition of" Principia" as well as the 66 plates of the first edition in Spanish of Cervante’s "Don Quixote" published in England (1738). His 1725 portrait of Sir Isaac Newton hangs in the Trinity College, Cambridge.
References
* Painting in Britain 1530-1790, Ellis Waterhouse, 1953
elect Works
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Location
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Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
1719
Oil on canvas
British Government Art Collection
UK
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Woman Visiting a Sorceress
1721
Pastel on paper
Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery
London, England
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SirIsaac Newton
1725
Oil on canvas
Trinity College
Cambridge, England
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Samuel Clarke
National Portrait Gallery
London, England
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George I
1726
Oil
Bowes Museum
County Durham, England
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The Volte Renversee to the Right
1728
Engraving
Tate Gallery
London, England
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Don Quixote Addressing to Goatherds
Oil on board
Tate Gallery
London, England
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George Lambert
1729
Oil
Cited by Waterhouse
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Edward Wortley Montagu
1730
Oil on canvas
British Government Art Collection
UK
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John Harvey
1732
Oil on canvas
British Government Art Collection
UK
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Queen Caroline
1736
Oil
Duke of Richmond and Gordon
Goodwood, Sussex, England
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Woman in White
1736
Oil on board
Dulwich Picture Gallery
UK
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A Youth of the Lee Family
1738
Oil on board
Tate Gallery
London, England
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Woman in a Blue Dress|
Oil on canvas
Private Collection
Ohio
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Charles Christian Reisen|
Oil on canvas||
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