Gilbert Stuart Newton
Gilbert Stuart Newton | |
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Halifax | |
Died | 5 August 1835 |
Nationality | British (born in Nova Scotia before Canada became a country) |
Gilbert Stuart Newton RA (2 September 1795 – 5 August 1835) was a British artist.
Life
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Newton was born in
Newton was intended for a commercial career, but was taken on as a pupil by his uncle, Gilbert Stuart. Newton came to Europe with an elder brother, and studied painting at
He revisited America for a short time and there married Sarah Williams Sullivan, granddaughter of
Works
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Newton first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1818, sending portraits in that and the five following years, including one of
Two pictures by Newton, Yorick and the Grisette (1830) and The Window or the Dutch Girl (1829), were purchased by Mr. Vernon and passed with his collection to the
Literary connections
Newton's picture of A Girl at her Devotions is twice poetically examined by Letitia Elizabeth Landon, firstly in her Poetical Catalogue of Pictures in The Literary Gazette, 1823, as Different Thoughts; Suggested by a Picture by G. S. Newton, No. 16, in the British Gallery, and representing a Girl looking at her Lover's Miniature..,[8] and again in her Poetical Sketches of Modern Pictures in The Troubadour (1826), as
A Girl at her Devotions..[9] A similar rendition of his painting The Disconsolate appeared in the Literary Gazette, 1829, with her poem
Lines on Newton’s Picture of the Disconsolate.[10]
In addition to the pictures illustrated by Letitia Elizabeth Landon in The Literary Souvenir mentioned above, she wrote a further poetic illustration to The Gentle Student. (with an engraving by Charles Rolls) in The Amulet, 1833.[11][12]
In conjunction with the painting above of The Prince of Spain's Visit to Catalina is a poem by Felicia Hemans, On a Picture Representing an Italian Contadina and her Family.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d e Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Chapters in the history of Halifax, Nova Scotia: Rhode Island Settlers in Hants County, Nova Scotia: Alexander McNutt the Colonizer". archive.org.
- ^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1826). "The Forsaken". The Literary Souvenir, 1826. Hurst, Robinson & Co. p. 159.
- ^ Newton, Gilbert Stuart (1826). "The Lovers' Quarrel". The Literary Souvenir,1826. Hurst, Robinson & Co. p. Frontispiece.
- ^ Dewsbury, Maria Jane (1826). "The Lovers' Quarrel". The Literary Souvenir, 1826. Hurst, Robinson & Co. p. 1.
- ^ Newton, Gilbert Stuart (1833). "Frontispiece". The Literary Souvenir, 1833. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman.
- ^ "BBC One, The Repair Shop, Series 3, Episode 2". BBC One. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1823). "Original poetry". Literary Gazette, 1823. The Proprietors, Literary Gazette Office, Strand. p. 189.
- ^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1827). "Girl at her Devotions". The Troubadour, 1825. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. p. 297.
- ^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1829). "Original poetry". Literary Gazette, 1823. The Proprietors, Literary Gazette Office, Strand. p. 113 Supplement.
- ^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1833). "Frontispiece". The Amulet, 1833. Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis.
- ^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1833). "The Gentle Student". The Amulet, 1833. Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis. p. 236.
- ^ Hemans, Felicia (1833). "On a Picture Representing an Italian Contadina and her Family". The Literary Souvenir, 1833. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman. p. 36.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Newton, Gilbert Stuart". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
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- Newton on Artcyclopedia
- Acadiensis
- Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections
- The painting
The Forsaken., engraved by Charles Heath for The Literary Souvenir annual, 1826, with illustrative verse by Letitia Elizabeth Landon
- The painting
The Prince of Spain's Visit to Catalina., engraved by Charles Rolls for The Literary Souvenir annual, 1833, with the poem On a Picture Representing an Italian Contadina and her Family by Felicia Hemans.
- The painting
The Billet-Doux., engraved by S. Sangster, with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon for The Literary Souvenir annual, 1835.