Joseph Highmore | |
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Born | London, England | 13 June 1692
Died | 3 March 1780 Canterbury, Kent, England | (aged 87)
Known for | Portrait painting, writer |
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Joseph Highmore (13 June 1692 – 3 March 1780) was an English painter of portraits, conversation pieces and history subjects, illustrator and author. After retiring from his career as a painter at the age of 70, he published art historical and critical articles.[1]