John Burnet (painter)

John Burnet (painter)

John Burnet (b. March 1781 in Edinburgh or 20 March 1784 in Fisherrow - d. 29 April 1868 in London) was a Scottish engraver and painter.

Life

Son of the Surveyor-General of Excise of Scotland, Burnet was apprenticed to the engraver Robert Scott and later trained at the Trustees Academy. [ [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/people.cfm/id/3351 National Maritime Museum] ]

In 1806, he moved from Edinburgh to London, where he became an established painter of portraits, landscapes, and rural genre scenes. [ [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/people.cfm/id/3351 National Maritime Museum] ]

Between 1808 and 1862, he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and with the Society of British Artists and was finally awarded a fellowship to the Royal Society. [ [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/people.cfm/id/3351 National Maritime Museum] ]

As an engraver he provided illustrations for editions of Robert Burns’s poems and Walter Scott’s "Waverley" novels. [ [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/people.cfm/id/3351 National Maritime Museum] ]

He engraved copies of paintings of several notable portraits and artists.
He also wrote manuals and books on drawing, painting and artists, retiring from public life in 1860. [ [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/people.cfm/id/3351 National Maritime Museum] ]

Engravings

  • 1817 line engraving of Thomas Bewick after James Ramsay [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=sa&sText=john+burnet&LinkID=mp00658&rNo=0&role=art National Portrait Gallery] ]
  • 1820 line engraving of Thomas Moore after Sir Martin Archer Shee [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=sa&sText=john+burnet&LinkID=mp00658&rNo=1&role=art National Portrait Gallery] ]
  • 1828 line engraving of Thomas Campbell after Sir Thomas Lawrence [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=sa&sText=john+burnet&LinkID=mp00658&rNo=2&role=art National Portrait Gallery] ]
  • 1839 mixed-method engraving of the Duke of Wellington [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=sa&sText=john+burnet&LinkID=mp00658&rNo=3&role=art National Portrait Gallery] ]
  • 1846 mixed-method engraving of Sir Edwin Landseer's painting 'The Challenge.' [Ormond, Richard. Sir Edwin Landseer. London: Thames and Hudson, 1981. p. 171]

    External links

    * [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/people.cfm/id/3351 National Maritime Museum] Images of his paintings
    * [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?search=sa&sText=john+burnet&LinkID=mp00658&role=art The National Portrait Gallery] -- Images of his engravings

    References


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