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ID: 500022146
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500022146
 
Record Type: Person
Arrowsmith, Thomas (English portraitist, 1771-1839)

Note: Successful portraitist and miniaturist, active in London. He is listed in the catalogues of the Royal Academy between 1792 and 1829. He was born without hearing. Confusion regarding his life dates are reflected in various artist biographies: According to historical documents, he was likely baptized 23 January 1771 (N.S.) and died August 1839. Comment on works: miniatures; religious; portraits

Names:
Arrowsmith, Thomas (preferred,V,index,Dutch-P,NA)
Thomas Arrowsmith (V,display,Dutch,NA,U)
Arrowsmith (LU,U)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
English

Roles:
artist (preferred)
painter
miniaturist
portraitist
copyist
religious artist

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Newent (Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Died:  Oxfordshire (England, United Kingdom) (county)

Events:
active:   1792-1829  London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
active:   Manchester (England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Arrowsmith, Thomas (I)

Biographies:
(English portraitist, 1771-1839) ..... [VP Preferred]
(British artist, op.1792-1829) ..... [WCP]
(British artist, 1772-circa 1829) ..... [WCI]
(British artist, 1772-ca.1829) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(British artist, 1772-ca.1829) ..... [PROV]
(English painter, flourished 1825-1849) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Arrowsmith ........ [PROV]
.......................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Arrowsmith, Thomas ........ [PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
......................................  Bénézit Dictionary of Artists: English Edition (2006)
......................................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
......................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
......................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 2605
......................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Thomas Arrowsmith ........ [RKD, VP]
....................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Subject: ........ [PROV, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (1983-)
....................  Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976) 1, 279
....................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Personal Communication email from researcher Nancy McCarter, 27 January 2014
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 2605
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986) 2, 155
....................  Waterhouse
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q21289860
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [PROV, VP]
.......... Ancestry.com (1997-2022) England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (425474, 91535)
.......... Bénézit Dictionary of Artists: English Edition (2006)
.......... Newspaper articles (n.d.) Obituary listings. Hereford Journal. 21 August 1839.
.......... Personal Communication email from researcher Nancy McCarter, 27 January 2015
.......... Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
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