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George Dawe

1781 - 1829

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George Dawe (6 February 1781 – 15 October 1829) was an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon's invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. He relocated to Saint Petersburg in 1819, where he won acclaim for his work from the artistic establishment and complimentary verses by Pushkin. He was the son of Philip Dawe, a successful mezzotint engraver who also produced political cartoons relating to the events of the Boston Tea Party. One of his brothers was Henry Edward Dawe, also a portraitist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Dawe is the 1,268th most popular painter (down from 1,265th in 2019), the 2,703rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,366th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Painter.

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Among painters, George Dawe ranks 1,268 out of 2,023. Before him are Lygia Clark, Jan Frans van Bloemen, François Marius Granet, Grigoriy Myasoyedov, Euphranor, and Julie Manet. After him are Karl Friedrich Lessing, Orlan, Joachim Wtewael, József Rippl-Rónai, Carl Moll, and Petr Brandl.

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Among people born in 1781, George Dawe ranks 30. Before him are François Habeneck, Andrés Bello, Adolphe Marbot, Valentín Gómez Farías, Swaminarayan, and Christian von Steven. After him are Henri Cassini, Johann Friedrich Meckel, José de Madrazo y Agudo, William John Burchell, Joseph Johann von Littrow, and Friedrich von Berchtold. Among people deceased in 1829, George Dawe ranks 34. Before him are Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Juan Ignacio Molina, Anouvong, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, and Nikolay Raevsky. After him are Cristóbal Mendoza, Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Adam Müller, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, Wojciech Bogusławski, and Richard Anthony Salisbury.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Dawe ranks 2,704 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Cragg (1949), Gorden Kaye (1941), Noel Redding (1945), Pat Crerand (1939), Clive Sinclair (1940), and Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478). After him are Sarah Gilbert (1962), Russell T Davies (1963), George Buchanan (1506), Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), Ian Bannen (1928), and John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, George Dawe ranks 48. Before him are George Romney (1734), Frank Dicksee (1853), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Thomas Hill (1829), Arthur Hughes (1832), and Richard Wilson (1714). After him are John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836), George Turner (1841), Alan Lee (1947), Allen Jones (1937), Herbert James Draper (1863), and Auguste Couder (1789).

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