Ozias Humphry

Ozias Humphry
portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Born8 September 1742 Edit this on Wikidata
Honiton Edit this on Wikidata
Died9 March 1810 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 67)
London Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPainter Edit this on Wikidata
Portrait of the Opera singer and Actress 'Signora Sestini' by Ozias Humphry, portrayed as Terpsichore, Muse of Dance and the dramatic chorus, half-length, in a lavender and white dress, playing a lyre
Margravine of Anspach by Ozias Humphry

Ozias Humphry (or Humphrey) RA (8 September 1742 – 9 March 1810)[1] was a leading English painter of portrait miniatures, later oils and pastels, of the 18th century. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1791, and in 1792 he was appointed Portrait Painter in Crayons to the King (i.e. pastels).

  1. ^ Remington, V. "Humphry, Ozias". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14165. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)