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Julius Caesar Ibbetson BIOGRAPHY
1759 - 1817. Known for: Landscape, genre scene and portrait painting.
Julius Caesar Ibbetson traveled extensively throughout his career, not only around Britain but also to the East Indies. In 1777 he moved to London, where he lived intermittently for the next twenty... Read full biography
Julius Caesar Ibbetson traveled extensively throughout his career, not only around Britain but also to the East Indies. In 1777 he moved to London, where he lived intermittently for the next twenty years. Initially he worked as a scene-painter and picture restorer, however keen to establish himself... Read full biography
Julius Caesar Ibbetson traveled extensively throughout his career, not only around Britain but also to the East Indies. In 1777 he moved to London, where he lived intermittently for the next twenty years. Initially he worked as a scene-painter and picture restorer, however keen to establish himself as an artist of note, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy from 1785. In 1787-8 he was employed as the draughtsman on the first British Mission to Beijing and following his return, he was able to... Read full biography
Julius Caesar Ibbetson traveled extensively throughout his career, not only around Britain but also to the East Indies. In 1777 he moved to London, where he lived intermittently for the next twenty years. Initially he worked as a scene-painter and picture restorer, however keen to establish himself as an artist of note, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy from 1785. In 1787-8 he was employed as the draughtsman on the first British Mission to Beijing and following his return, he was able to abandon his earlier career to concentrate on producing landscapes, genre scenes and portraits. Ibbetson was drawn to the topography of London and its surrounding villages, such as Kilburn, Blackheath, and Greenwich, as well as by the diversity of... Read full biography
Julius Caesar Ibbetson traveled extensively throughout his career, not only around Britain but also to the East Indies. In 1777 he moved to London, where he lived intermittently for the next twenty years. Initially he worked as a scene-painter and picture restorer, however keen to establish himself as an artist of note, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy from 1785. In 1787-8 he was employed as the draughtsman on the first British Mission to Beijing and following his return, he was able to abandon his earlier career to concentrate on producing landscapes, genre scenes and portraits. Ibbetson was drawn to the topography of London and its surrounding villages, such as Kilburn, Blackheath, and Greenwich, as well as by the diversity of contemporary London life, which at this time was unlike anywhere else in the country. Not onl... Read full biography
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Julius Caesar Ibbetson traveled extensively throughout his career, not only around Britain but also to the East Indies. In 1777 he moved to London, where he lived intermittently for the next twenty years.
Initially he worked as a scene-painter and picture restorer, however keen to establish himself as an artist of note, he began to exhibit at the Royal Academy from 1785. In 1787-8 he was employed as the draughtsman on the first British Mission to Beijing and following his return, he was able to abandon his earlier career to concentrate on producing landscapes, genre scenes and portraits.
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