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3 unusual facts about George Knapton


George Knapton

Kanpton assisted his brothers, John and Paul - who had succeeded to and extended their father's business - in the production of several publications including works by Thomas Birch and The History of England by Nicolas Tindal and Paul de Rapin.

George Knapton (1698–1778) was an English portrait painter and the first portraitist for the Society of Dilettanti in the 1740s.

Knapton's brother, Charles Knapton (1700–1760), was also an artist and, together with Arthur Pond (1705?-1758), published a book Imitations of the Italian Masters (1735), which contained many engravings by himself, mainly of works by Guercino.



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