Our navigation bar is loading . . . . . .


Advertise on JCSM - Hear JCSM's Weekly Devotions via Podcast/RSS Feed! - Skip These Ads

You can advertise your site right here!Click here to learn more!

 10,000 Wise Quotes and Spiritual Sayings by Jason Gastrich, Ph.D.

 JCSM's Top 1000 Christian Sites - Free Traffic Sharing Service! Join the Online Christ-Centered Ministries!

-
Jesus Christ Saves Ministries

Click here and add this page to your favorites!

Return to the JCSM Study Center!

Encyclopedia Britannica



NORTHCOTE, JAMES (1746-1831)

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 779 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NEW-NUM
NORTHCOTE, JAMES (1746-1831) , English painter, was born at Plymouth on the 22nd of October 1746. He was apprenticed to his father, a poor watchmaker of the town, and during his spare hours was diligent with brush and pencil. In 1769 he left his father and started as a portrait-painter. Four years later he went to London and was admitted as a pupil into the studio and
house
  of Reynolds. At the same time he attended the
Academy
  schools. In 1775 he left Reynolds, and about two years later, having acquired the requisite funds by portrait-painting in Devonshire, he went to study in Italy. On his return to England, three years later, he revisited his native county, and then settled in London, where Opie and Fuseli were his rivals. He was elected associate of the
Academy
  in 1786, and full academician in the following
spring
 . The "
Young
  Princes murdered in the Tower," his first important historical
work
 ,
dates
  from 1786, and it was followed by the " Burial of the Princes in the Tower," both paintings, along with seven others, being executed for Boydell's Shakespeare gallery, The " Death of Wat Tyler," now in the Guildhall, was exhibited in 1787; and shortly afterwards Northcote began a set of ten subjects, entitled " The Modest Girl and the Wanton," which were completed and engraved in 1796. Among the productions of Northcote's later years are the "; Entombment " and the " Agony in the Garden," besides many portraits, and several animal subjects, like the " Leopards," the " Dog and
Heron
 ," and the " Lion "; these latter were more successful than the artist's efforts in the higher departments of art, as was indicated by Fuseli's caustic remark on examining the "
Angel
  opposing Balaam "" Northcote, you are an
angel
  at an ass, but an ass at an angel." The works of the artist number about two thousand, and he made a fortune of 40,000. He died on the 13th of July 1831.
Northcote was emulous of fame as an author, and his first essays in literature were contributions to the Artist, edited by Prince Hoare. In 1813 he embodied his recollections of his old master in a Life of Reynolds. His Fablesthe first
series
  published in 1828, the second posthumously in 1833were illustrated with woodcuts by Harvey from Northcote's own designs. In the production of his Life of Titian, his last
work
 , which appeared in 183o, he was assisted by William Hazlitt, who previously, in 1826, had given to the public in the New Monthly Magazine his recollections of Northcote's pungent and cynical " conversations," the bitter personalities of which caused much trouble to the painter and his friends.


End of Article: NORTHCOTE, JAMES (1746-1831)


If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
<a href="http://jcsm.org/StudyCenter/Encyclopedia/NEW_NUM/NORTHCOTE_JAMES_1746_1831_.html">
NORTHCOTE, JAMES (1746-1831)
</a>
(Previous)
NORTHBROOK, THOMAS GEORGE BARING, 1ST EARL OF (... 		(Next)
NORTHEIM

 


 

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries

The JCSM Study CenterAmerica's Christian FoundationSkeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and ExplainedNKJV Web Hosting and Services
JCSM's Sermons, Debates and the Bible on MP3The Online Christ-Centered MinistriesDo You Have A Web Site?  Your Ad Could Be Here!Seminary Notes and PapersThe Picturesque Photo Albums


Jesus Christ Saves Ministries, P.O. Box 70696, Pasadena, CA 91117

JCSM is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Copyright © 1997-present.


Kingdom Debt Solutions - Be Debt Free! Sport Logos - Quality Athletic Equipment The JCSM Study Center Your Ad Could Be Here! Launch A Successful Internet Organization or Business! Learn Guitar, Bass, or Piano in San Diego county!

You can advertise your site right here!

Free & Cheap Cell Phones  |  Cheap Long Distance Phone Service Carriers  |  Talk America Local Phone Service  |  Ztel & MCI - Unlimited Long Distance
Compare Cell Phone Plans & Companies  |  International Calling Cards & Prepaid Phone Cards  |  Voice Over IP Broadband Internet Phone Service  |  Wireless Phone Plans & Cheap Cell Phones

Dr. Jason Gastrich

Jason Gastrich, Ph.D.

 

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries is directed by Dr. Jason Gastrich.  It was founded in 1997 and it exists to bring people into a life-changing and productive relationship with Jesus Christ.  JCSM offers over 200,000 free web pages, discussion boards, weekly html and mp3 devotionals, free email accounts, and much more.

Jesus Christ Saves Ministries
P.O. Box 9297
San Diego, CA  92169
1-877-850-3878 or Email

JCSM is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization. Copyright © 1997-2008.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Online First Aid and CPR Certification  .  The Online Christ Centered Ministries  .  The Skeptic's Annotated Bible: Corrected and Explained  .  The Inerrancy Discussion Board  .  Free Email Accounts  .  Home Equity Loans  .  JasonGastrich.com  .  The Missions, Apologetics, and Creation Bible Conference  .  Young Earth Creation Science  .  San Diego Music Lessons  .  10,000 Wise Quotes and Spiritual Sayings  .  Gastrich.net  .  Maximizing the Internet: 12 Keys to Success  .  Louisiana Baptist University  .  NKJV Web Hosting and Services  .  Michael Newdow  .  San Diego Soccer Training  . Christian Guitar Lessons  .  Jesus Christ Saves Ministries  .  Eternal Security