Humphry, Ozias, 1742-1810

English portrait painter.

From the description of Autograph letter in third person, unsigned : [n.p.], to Dr. Taylor, [no year] Jan. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520038

From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to Sir John Macpherson, [n.d., after 1788?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520024

From the description of Document not autograph : [London?], 1808 Jul. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269550512

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Coventry St. [London], to the Rev. Thomas Carwardine, 1804 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523613

Ozias Humphry (1742-1810) was a miniatures and portrait painter. In 1785 he traveled to Calcutta, where he arrived in August, to work as a miniaturist. The following year, he obtained a commission to paint the nawab of Oudh and his courtiers at Lucknow, but was never paid for that work. Finding the climate difficult and his employment unsatisfactory, he returned to London in 1787. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1791, and in 1792 he was appointed Portrait Painter in Crayons to the King. In 1797, he began to lose his vision almost completely. He died in London in 1810.

From the description of [Travel diary], 1786 Feb - Jul. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702177676