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Thomas Stewardson (August 1781 – 1859) was a British portrait painter.
Stewardson was born at Kendal in August 1781, the son of John and Anne Stewardson, who were from a Quaker family at Ullsmoor, near Shap in Westmoreland.
He is buried at
Thomas Stewardson (August 1781 – 1859) was a British portrait painter.
Stewardson was born at Kendal in August 1781, the son of John and Anne Stewardson, who were from a Quaker family at Ullsmoor, near Shap in Westmoreland.
He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of Queens Park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, it was founded by the barrister George Frederick ...
, London.
Literary references
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L.
The writings of Landon are transitional between Romanticism and the Victorian Age. Her first major breakthrough ...
produced the poem ''Portrait of a Girl, in the British Gallery, by T. Stewardson'' as part of her Poetical Catalogue of Pictures in the Literary gazette, 1823. This is probably Stewardson's ''Portrait of a Girl'' (traditionally identified as Lady Catherine Powlett, Countess of Darlington). She also includes a poem on in her ''Poetical Sketches of Modern Pictures'' within her 1825 collection, The Troubadour.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stewardson, Thomas 1781 births 1859 deaths Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery British Quakers People from Kendal British portrait painters