Richard Brompton The Duke of York with his Entourage in the Veneto (mk25) Painting ID:: 24092 new8/Richard Brompton-755826.jpg
The Duke of York with his Entourage in the Veneto (mk25) 1764
Richard Brompton Admiral Sir Charles Saunders Painting ID:: 72366 new23/Richard Brompton-476895.jpg
Admiral Sir Charles Saunders "Admiral Sir Charles Saunders," oil on canvas, by the British artist Richard Brompton. Dated 1772-1773. 1270 mm x 1016 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
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Richard Brompton Admiral Sir Charles Saunders Painting ID:: 73992 new24/Richard Brompton-636965.jpg
Admiral Sir Charles Saunders oil on canvas, by the British artist Richard Brompton. Dated 1772-1773. 1270 mm x 1016 mm
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Richard Brompton Portrait of Aleksandra Branicka lady-in-waiting of Catherine II Painting ID:: 76698 new24/Richard Brompton-663678.jpg
Portrait of Aleksandra Branicka lady-in-waiting of Catherine II 1781
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Richard Brompton lady-in-waiting of Catherine II Painting ID:: 79548 new24/Richard Brompton-356444.jpg
lady-in-waiting of Catherine II 1781(1781)
Medium Oil
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Richard Brompton Portrait of Thomas Lyttelton Painting ID:: 82833 new24/Richard Brompton-976574.jpg
Portrait of Thomas Lyttelton 1775(1775)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 734 x 629 mm (28.9 x 24.76 in)
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1734-1783
English painter. He trained in London with Benjamin Wilson before going to Rome in 1757, where he studied with Anton Raphael Mengs. In Rome he met Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, who paid him an allowance and in Venice in 1763 introduced him to Edward Augustus, Duke of York. The Duke commissioned a conversation piece of himself and his travelling companions (version, 1764; London, Kew Pal., Royal Col.). The figures are awkwardly posed, but the polished elegance of each shows the influence of Mengs. In 1765 Brompton returned to London with Nathaniel Dance and established a good practice with small-scale works in the manner of Johann Zoffany, such as William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1772; Chevening, Kent), which exists in several versions. He also produced portraits on a larger scale, including the enormous Henry Dawkins with his Family (1773; Over Norton Hall, Oxon).