John Finlayson (engraver)
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John Finlayson (c. 1730 - 1776) was an English engraver.
Finlayson was born about the year 1730, and worked in London. In 1773 he received a premium from the Society of Arts, and about three years after this he died. He engraved in mezzotint several portraits, and a few plates of historical subjects, among which are the following:
Portraits
- The Duchess of Gloucester; after Sir Joshua Reynolds.
- Lady Charles Spenoer; after the same.
- Lady Elizabeth Melbourne; after the same.
- The Earl of Buchan; after the same.
- Miss Wynyard; after the same.
- Lady Broughton; after Cotes.
- The Duke of Northumberland; after Hamilton.
- Miss Metcalfe; after Hone.
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- Signora Zamperini, in 'La Buona Figliuola' ; after the same.
- William Drummond, Scotch historian; after C. Janssens.
- Shooter, Beard, and Dunstall, in 'Love in a Village' ; after Zoffany.
Subjects
- Candaules, King of Lydia, showing his Queen coming out of the Bath to his favourite Gyges; after his own design.
- A. Collier, with his Pipe; after J. Weenix.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Finlayson, John". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.