Henry Perronet Briggs
Henry Perronet Briggs RA (1793 – 18 January 1844) was an English painter of portraits and historical scenes.[1][2]
Life
Briggs was born at
Briggs died of tuberculosis in London on 18 January 1844, aged 50/51. The lease to his home in Bruton Street, Berkeley Square was subsequently purchased by the portrait painter Thomas Henry Illidge.
Jacob Bell, founder of the Pharmaceutical Society, was a cousin of Briggs, and took painting lessons from the artist as a child. Bell commissioned several art-works and it was his connections that enabled Briggs to paint the portraits of pharmacist John Bell (of John Bell & Co.),[3] and William Allen, the Society's first President. Briggs also designed the society's membership certificate.[4] Thomas Francis Dicksee was a notable pupil of Briggs.
Works
Two of Briggs' historical pictures, first exhibited at the Academy in 1826 and 1827, are now in Tate Britain, London – First Conference between the Spaniards and Peruvians, 1531,[5] and Juliet and her Nurse.[6] His large painting of George III presenting the Sword to Lord Howe on board the Queen Charlotte, 1794,[7] was initially purchased by the British Institution, presented to Greenwich Hospital, and is now in the National Maritime Museum. Among the more successful of the various Shakespearean scenes painted by him may be mentioned his Othello relating his adventures to Desdemona. Of his numerous portraits, the best perhaps was that of Lord Eldon. He also painted the portrait of the Indian leader Raja Ram Mohan Roy.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Henry Perronet Briggs". National Maritime Museum. London. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
- ^ "Henry Perronet Briggs". drawpaintsculpt.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.rpsgb.org.uk/informationresources/museum/exhibitions/jacobbell/man/family_history.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jacob Bell: Henry Perronet Briggs". Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ "'The First Interview between the Spaniards and the Peruvians', Henry Perronet Briggs – Tate". Tate.
- ^ "'Romeo and Juliet – Act II Scene 5 ("Juliet and her Nurse")', Henry Perronet Briggs". Tate.
- ^ "National Maritime Museum". nmm.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
- ISBN 0300117302, 9780300117301
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Briggs, Henry Perronet". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
External links
- 46 artworks by or after Henry Perronet Briggs at the Art UK site
- H P Briggs online (ArtCyclopedia)
- A Scene from 'The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom' (1829 oil on panel – Christie's)