Jacob George Strutt (4 August 1784 – 1867) was a British portrait and landscape painter and engraver in the manner of

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. He was the husband of the writer Elizabeth Strutt, and father of the painter, traveller and archaeologist Arthur John Strutt.

Life

Strutt was born on 4 August 1784 in

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, in

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, one of eight children of Benjamin Strutt and Caroline, ''née'' Pollett. In London, on 8 November 1813, he married Elizabeth Byron, with whom he had four children; their second son, Arthur John Strutt, was born in 1819. Strutt moved to

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in Switzerland in about 1830. With his son Arthur he travelled in France and Switzerland from 1835 to 1837, and later to Italy; they established a studio in Rome. He returned to England in 1851, and died in Rome in 1864 or 1867.

Work

Strutt painted portraits and landscapes, mainly in

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, in the style of Constable, with whom he may have studied. He was also a capable engraver. He showed work in London between 1819 and 1858. At the

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he exhibited from 1822 to 1852; in 1822 and 1823 he showed portraits, but from 1824 until 1831 showed only woodland or forest scenes. Two paintings were sent from Italy while he was living there: ''The Ancient Forum, Rome'' in 1845, and in 1851 ''Tasso's Oak, Rome''. He published two books of poetry in translation, and several books of engravings.

Publications

* Claudius Claudianus, Jacob George Strutt (1814)
''The Rape of Proserpine: with Other Poems, from Claudian; translated into English verse. With a prefatory discourse, and occasional notes''
London: Printed by A. J. Valpy, sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. *

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, ''The Latin and Italian Poems of Milton. Translated into English verse by J. G. Strutt. '' London: J. Conder, 1814. * ''Bury St. Edmunds illustrated in Twelve Etchings by J.G. Strutt''. London: J.G. Strutt, 1821. * ''Sylva Britannica, or, Portraits of forest trees, distinguished for their antiquity, magnitude, or beauty''. London: The author 1822
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of expanded 1830 edition. * ''Deliciae sylvarum, or, Grand and romantic forest scenery in England and Scotland, drawn from nature, and etched by Jacob George Strutt''. London: J. G. Strutt 828

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19th-century British painters British male painters 1784 births 1867 deaths Place of birth missing Artists from Colchester 19th-century British male artists {{bots, deny=Citation bot