Samuel Linley

Samuel Linley

Infobox musical artist
Name = Samuel Linley


Img_capt = Samuel Linley in his midshipman's uniform, by Thomas Gainsborough - he painted this image, according to family tradition, in 48 minutes flat.
Img_size = 280px
Born = 1760
Died = 1778
Origin = London
Instrument = Oboe and voice
Voice_type = Unknown
Genre = Baroque / Classical
Occupation = Oboeist, singer,
Royal Navy midshipman
Years_active = 1774-78

Samuel Linley (1760 - 1778) was the second son of Thomas Linley the elder and Mary Johnson, one of 7 musical siblings born to that couple. He sang in his father's concerts, 1774-5, and played the oboe. In 1778 he became a midshipman on HMS "Thunderer", aboard which he contracted the fever from which he died.

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* [http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/collection/search/display.aspx?irn=235&QueryPage=%2Fdtlquery.aspx Image of him from the collection of Linley family portraits] at Dulwich Picture Gallery


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