Sketches of Symbolic Figures
Samuel Shelley · 1789
Samuel Shelley
United Kingdom · 1750–1808
Samuel Shelley (1750/56, 22 December 1808) was an English miniaturist and watercolour painter. Largely self-educated, Samuel Shelley was a leading miniaturist, i.e., painter of portrait miniatures, of his time, ranking with Cosway, Smart, and Crosse. In addition to his portraits, he also painted in water-colours fancy figures and compositions from Shakespeare, Tasso, and other poets. His water-colours and miniatures were engraved by Bartolozzi, William Nutter, Caroline Watson, and others. == Life == Born in Whitechapel, London, Shelley was for the most part self-taught as an artist.
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