John Hoppner Jupiter and Io Painting ID:: 2406 John Hoppner1.jpg
Jupiter and Io 1785
John Hoppner Captain George Porter Painting ID:: 2408 John Hoppner3.jpg
Captain George Porter 1789
Denver Art Museum
John Hoppner Lady Caroline Capel Holding her Daughter Harriet Painting ID:: 2409 John Hoppner4.jpg
Lady Caroline Capel Holding her Daughter Harriet
John Hoppner Richard Brinsley Sheridan Painting ID:: 2410 John Hoppner5.jpg
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
John Hoppner Richard Brinsley Sheridan Painting ID:: 29338 new3/John Hoppner-679537.jpg
Richard Brinsley Sheridan mk65
Oil on canvas
30x12"
John Hoppner The Ladies Sarah and Catherine Bligh Painting ID:: 38191 new11/John Hoppner-534444.jpg
The Ladies Sarah and Catherine Bligh mk29
c.1790
129.8x102.5cm
Oil on canvas
John Hoppner Sir George Beaumont Painting ID:: 43308 new16/John Hoppner-554869.jpg
Sir George Beaumont mk170
1803
Oil on canvas
77.5x63.9cm
John Hoppner Dorothy Jordan as the Comic Muse Painting ID:: 44599 new16/John Hoppner-883374.jpg
Dorothy Jordan as the Comic Muse mk173
1786
Oil on canvas
236.9x145.4cm
John Hoppner Portrait of the Frankland Sisters Painting ID:: 68540 new23/John Hoppner-776758.jpg
Portrait of the Frankland Sisters Technique Oil on canvas
John Hoppner sir george beaumont Painting ID:: 68845 new23/John Hoppner-558983.jpg
sir george beaumont 1806 oil on canvas 77.5x63.9
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John Hoppner Portrait of the Frankland Sisters Painting ID:: 71592 new23/John Hoppner-834666.jpg
Portrait of the Frankland Sisters Date 1795
John Hoppner Portrait in oils of Eleanor Agnes Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire Painting ID:: 74144 new24/John Hoppner-459585.jpg
Portrait in oils of Eleanor Agnes Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire Portrait in oils of Eleanor Agnes Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire (died 1851)
ca. 1800
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John Hoppner Portrait in oils of Eleanor Agnes Hobart Painting ID:: 75588 new24/John Hoppner-435966.jpg
Portrait in oils of Eleanor Agnes Hobart English: Portrait in oils of Eleanor Agnes Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire (died 1851)
Date ca. 1800
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John Hoppner Portrait of the Frankland Sisters Painting ID:: 76615 new24/John Hoppner-667688.jpg
Portrait of the Frankland Sisters 1795(1795)
Oil on canvas
155 ?? 125 cm (61 ?? 49.2 in)
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John Hoppner Portrait of the Frankland Sisters Painting ID:: 78481 new24/John Hoppner-464589.jpg
Portrait of the Frankland Sisters 1795(1795)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 155 x 125 cm (61 x 49.2 in)
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John Hoppner Portrait of Adam Duncan Painting ID:: 81418 new24/John Hoppner-336949.jpg
Portrait of Adam Duncan 1798(1798)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 74.9 x 62.2 cm (29.5 x 24.5 in)
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John Hoppner Portrait of Adam Duncan Painting ID:: 82592 new24/John Hoppner-569957.jpg
Portrait of Adam Duncan . 1798(1798)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 74.9 x 62.2 cm (29.5 x 24.5 in)
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John Hoppner Portrait of Dorothy Jordan Painting ID:: 82909 new24/John Hoppner-577546.jpg
Portrait of Dorothy Jordan 1791(1791)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 74.9 x 62.2 cm (29.5 x 24.5 in)
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John Hoppner Portrait of Miss Sarah Gale Painting ID:: 84359 new25/John Hoppner-339265.jpg
Portrait of Miss Sarah Gale 18th century
Medium Oil
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John Hoppner Portrait of George IV Painting ID:: 98122 new26/John Hoppner-554549.jpg
Portrait of George IV from 1790(1790) until 1796(1796)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 240 x 148.6 cm
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1758-1810
British
John Hoppner Galleries
John Hoppner (April 4?, 1758 - January 23, 1810), English portrait-painter, was born in Whitechapel.
His father was of German extraction, and his mother was one of the German attendants at the royal palace. Hoppner was consequently brought early under the notice and received the patronage of George III, whose regard for him gave rise to unfounded scandal. As a boy he was a chorister at the royal chapel, but showing strong inclination for art, he in 1775 entered as a student at the Royal Academy. In 1778 he took a silver medal for drawing from the life, and in 1782 the Academy's highest award, the gold medal for historical painting, his subject being King Lear.
He first exhibited at the Royal Academy In 1780. His earliest love was for landscape, but necessity obliged him to turn to the more lucrative business of portrait painting. At once successful, he had throughout life the most fashionable and wealthy sitters, and was the greatest rival of the growing attraction of Lawrence. Ideal subjects were very rarely at tempted by Hoppner, though a "Sleeping Venus," "Belisarius," "Jupiter and Io," a "Bacchante" and "Cupid and Psyche" are mentioned among his works. The prince of Wales visited him especially often, and many of his finest portraits are in the state apartments at St. James's Palace, the best perhaps being those of the prince, the duke and duchess of York, of Lord Rodney and of Lord Nelson, Among his other sitters were Sir Walter Scott, the Duke of Wellington, Frere and Sir George Beaumont.
Competent judges have deemed his most successful works to be his portraits of women and children. A Series of Portraits of Ladies was published by him in 1803, and a volume of translations of Eastern tales into English verse in 1805. The verse is of but mediocre quality. In his later years Hoppner suffered from a chronic disease of the liver. He was confessedly an imitator of Reynolds. When first painted, his works were much admired for the brilliancy and harmony of their colouring, but the injury due to destructive mediums and lapse of time which many of them suffered caused a great depreciation in his reputation. The appearance, however, of some of his pictures in good condition has shown that his fame as a brilliant colourist was well founded. His drawing is faulty, but his touch has qualities of breadth and freedom that give to his paintings a faint reflection of the charm of Reynolds. Hoppner was a man of great social power, and had the knowledge and accomplishments of a man of the world.
The best account of Hoppner's life and paintings is the exhaustive work by William McKay and W Roberts (1909