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Francis (The Elder) Sartorius I BIOGRAPHY
1734 London, England - 1804 England. Known for: Horse, horse racing and hunting genre painting.
Francis Sartorius (1734 - 5 March 1804) was an English painter of horses, horse-racing and hunting scenes, of the famous Sartorius family of artists. Also known as Francis Sartorius the Elder to... Read full biography
Francis Sartorius (1734 - 5 March 1804) was an English painter of horses, horse-racing and hunting scenes, of the famous Sartorius family of artists. Also known as Francis Sartorius the Elder to distinguish him from his grandson Francis Sartorius Jr. ("the Younger"). Francis was the son and pupil... Read full biography
Francis Sartorius (1734 - 5 March 1804) was an English painter of horses, horse-racing and hunting scenes, of the famous Sartorius family of artists. Also known as Francis Sartorius the Elder to distinguish him from his grandson Francis Sartorius Jr. ("the Younger"). Francis was the son and pupil of John Sartorius. His first important work was a portrait of the racehorse Antinous (foaled 1758), for the Duke of Grafton. Other horse-portraits were Herod (foaled 1758) for the Duke of Cumberland;... Read full biography
Francis Sartorius (1734 - 5 March 1804) was an English painter of horses, horse-racing and hunting scenes, of the famous Sartorius family of artists. Also known as Francis Sartorius the Elder to distinguish him from his grandson Francis Sartorius Jr. ("the Younger"). Francis was the son and pupil of John Sartorius. His first important work was a portrait of the racehorse Antinous (foaled 1758), for the Duke of Grafton. Other horse-portraits were Herod (foaled 1758) for the Duke of Cumberland; Snap for a Mr. Latham; Cardinal Ruff for a Mr. Shafto; and Bay Malton for the Marquis of Rockingham. Several of these portraits were engraved by John June (fl. 1740-70), and published between 1760 and 1770. Sartorius was a prolific and popular... Read full biography
Francis Sartorius (1734 - 5 March 1804) was an English painter of horses, horse-racing and hunting scenes, of the famous Sartorius family of artists. Also known as Francis Sartorius the Elder to distinguish him from his grandson Francis Sartorius Jr. ("the Younger"). Francis was the son and pupil of John Sartorius. His first important work was a portrait of the racehorse Antinous (foaled 1758), for the Duke of Grafton. Other horse-portraits were Herod (foaled 1758) for the Duke of Cumberland; Snap for a Mr. Latham; Cardinal Ruff for a Mr. Shafto; and Bay Malton for the Marquis of Rockingham. Several of these portraits were engraved by John June (fl. 1740-70), and published between 1760 and 1770. Sartorius was a prolific and popular painter, and it is said that he produced more portraits of the famous race-horse horse Eclipse during... Read full biography
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Francis Sartorius (1734 - 5 March 1804) was an English painter of horses, horse-racing and hunting scenes, of the famous Sartorius family of artists. Also known as Francis Sartorius the Elder to distinguish him from his grandson Francis Sartorius Jr. ("the Younger").
Francis was the son and pupil of John Sartorius. His first important work was a portrait of the racehorse Antinous (foaled 1758), for the Duke of Grafton. Other horse-portraits were Herod (foaled 1758) for the Duke of Cumberland; Snap for a Mr. Latham; Cardinal Ruff for a Mr. Shafto; and Bay Malton for the Marquis of Rockingham. Several of these portraits were engraved by John June (fl. 1740-70), and published between 1760 and 1770.
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