Biography of Johan Joseph Zoffany 1733-1810

Johan Joseph Zoffany 1733-1810 is in Painters.

On 13 Mar 1733 Johan Joseph Zoffany was born.

Around 1764 Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 30). Portrait of the three daughters of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 50). Left Louisa Stuart (age 6), centre probably Anne Stuart (age 19), right Caroline Stuart Countess Portarlington (age 1).

Louisa Stuart: On 12 Aug 1757 she was born to John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute. On 04 Aug 1851 Louisa Stuart died.

Anne Stuart: In 1745 she was born to John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute. On 02 Jul 1764 Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland and she were married. She the daughter of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute. He the son of Hugh Percy 1st Duke Northumberland and Elizabeth Seymour Duchess Northumberland. Before 23 May 1779 Hugh Percy 2nd Duke Northumberland and Anne Stuart were divorced.

Caroline Stuart Countess Portarlington: Before 1763 she was born to John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute. Before 1781 John Dawson 1st Earl Portarlington and she were married. She the daughter of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute and Mary Wortley-Montagu Countess Bute. In 1785 John Dawson 1st Earl Portarlington was created 1st Earl Portarlington. She by marriage Countess Portarlington. On 20 Jan 1813 Caroline Stuart Countess Portarlington died.

Around 1765 Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 31). Portrait of the three sons of John Stuart 3rd Earl Bute (age 51).

Around 1765 Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 31). Portrait of Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey (age 65).

Around 1765 Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 31). Portrait of Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave (age 41).

Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave: On 15 Apr 1723 she was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey. On 26 Feb 1743 Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave and she were married. He a great grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland. In 1767 Constantine Phipps 1st Baron Mulgrave was created 1st Baron Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford. She by marriage Baroness Mulgrave of New Ross in Wexford. On 11 May 1780 Lepell Hervey Baroness Mulgrave died.

John Zoffany His Life and Works. Around 1765 . Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 31). Lady Caroline Hervey (age 29) (ob. 1819 at the age of eighty-three). Seated figure in pink costume, with black lace over-bodice, white lace sleeves. She wears a miniature on the right wrist, which may, perhaps, represent Lady Mulgrave, and a glove on the left hand. P.

This was Caroline, fourth daughter of John, Lord Hervey, by his wife Mary Lepel (age 65). (49.)

Caroline Hervey: In 1736 he was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey. In 1819 Caroline Hervey died.

John Zoffany His Life and Works. BRISTOL, The Marquis Of Ickworth, Bury St. Edmunds. Around 1765 . Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 31). Lady Mary Fitzgerald (age 39) (1726-1815) seated. Costume, puce-coloured dress, white satin cloak over the shoulders, and white wool scarf round the neck with a band of violet ribbon round the throat. On the right wrist is a bracelet with a miniature. P.

This was Mary (age 39), daughter of John, Lord Hervey, by his wife Mary (age 65), daughter of John Nicholas Lepel, wife of George Fitzgerald of Turlough Park, Mayo. She was burnt to death at the age of eighty-nine. (33.)

Mary Hervey: In 1726 she was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey. On 31 Oct 1745 George Fitzgerald and she were married. They were separated in 1754. On 09 Apr 1815 Mary Hervey burned to death.

John Zoffany His Life and Works. Around 1765 . Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 31). Lady Emily Hervey (age 31). Full-face figure, leaning over a balustrade, blue costume, black lace over the powdered hair, the hands in a muff. P.

This was Lady Emily Caroline Nassau, daughter of John, Lord Hervey, by his wife Mary Lepel (age 65). She died unmarried in 1814 at the age of eighty-three. (57.)

Amelia Caroline Nassau Hervey: In 1734 he was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey. In 1814 Amelia Caroline Nassau Hervey died unmarried.

Around 1766 Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 32). Portrait of Frederick Augustus Hervey 4th Earl Bristol (age 35).

Around 1766 Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 32). Portrait of General William Hervey (age 33).

General William Hervey: On 13 May 1732 he was born to John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey and Mary Lepell Baroness Hervey. In 1815 General William Hervey died.

Around 1766 Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 32). Portrait of Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England (age 21).

On 10 Dec 1768 the Royal Academy was founded through a personal act of King George III (age 30) "to establish a school or academy of design for the use of students in the arts" with an annual exhibition.

The founder members included:

Joshua Reynolds (age 45); President.

Angelica Kauffmann (age 27); one of two female founding members.

Nathaniel Dance-Holland (age 33)

Francis Cotes (age 42)

Thomas Gainsborough (age 41)

William Tyler (age 40)

William Hoare (age 61)

Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 35).

In 1770 Daniel Gardner (age 20) travelled to London and became a student at the Royal Academy of Arts where he was taught by Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 36).

John Zoffany His Life and Works. Around 1772. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 38). His Majesty The King. Windsor Castle.

Queen Charlotte and her two eldest children. The Queen is in white satin and is seated in Old Buckingham House, by her dressing-table. Her reflection can be seen in the mirror. There is a fine view from the open window. The Princess Royal is in an oriental style of costume, the Prince in Roman military dress. In the picture is represented a large French clock, which now stands in the corridor close by the picture. 44½ x 50¼. P.

John Zoffany His Life and Works. Around 1775. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 41). MAUGHAM, SOMERSET, ESQ. 6, Chesterfield St., Mayfair, W.

Picture representing Garrick and Mrs. Gibber as "Jaffier" and "Belvidera" in Venice Preserved, Act IV. There is a somewhat similar work in the Garrick Club, No. 378. Garrick is represented in a blue coat, with a gold-coloured waistcoat, Mrs. Gibber in a black silk dress, with handsome black-and-white lace bodice, and the scene is at night by the banks of a canal in Venice. On the left side of the picture is a tall street lamp, lighted. The background shows San Giorgio Maggiore and Santa Maria della Salute. Circa 40 x 50. P.

Purchased at David Garrick's sale in 1823. This representation is exceedingly well painted, and is declared to be the original for which the one in the Garrick Club was probably the sketch. The costume of Mrs. Gibber is finely executed.

John Zoffany His Life and Works. Around 1775. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 41). DESBOROUGH, LADY. Panshanger, Hertford.

George (age 36), third Earl Cowper, Countess Cowper, Mr. and Mrs. Gore and the two Miss Gores.

Lord Cowper is standing in a green coat, pink waistcoat and breeches; Lady Cowper is in a pink dress; her father, Mr. Gore (age 45), is playing the violincello; Mrs. Gore in a grey gown! Miss Emily Gore, in blue, playing the harpsichord and the youngest in white brocade. Canvas 37 x 30. P.

Countess Cowper was the daughter of Charles Gore (age 45), Esq., of Southampton. Her parents took her to Italy for her health, where the family resided for a long time. Mr. Gore is supposed to have been the original of Goethe's "travelled Englishman" in Wilhelm Meister. Mrs. Delany, in one of her amusing letters, mentions the meeting of Lord Cowper and Miss Gore at Florence, "when little Cupid straightway bent his bow."

They were married at Florence, and on that occasion Horace Walpole (age 57) condoles with Sir Horace Mann (age 68) on the prospect, as he would lose so much of the society of his great friend, Lord Cowper. Both Lady Cowper and her husband were in high favour at the Grand-Ducal Court of Tuscany, and the former was a great ornament of the brilliant (but by no means straight-laced) society of the day. Miss Berry speaks in very high terms of Miss Gore, who resided with her married sister. Three sons were born to the Cowpers in Florence. (Panshanger Catalogue, p. 308.)

Painted at the Villa Palmieri, Florence, which belonged to George, third Earl Cowper. He is standing up in the picture; Lady Cowper is in a pink dress; her father, Mr. Gore, is playing the violincello; Mrs. Gore and her youngest daughter are in grey, and Miss Emily Gore is playing the harpsichord. This picture was given to the sixth Earl Cowper by his brother, the Hon. Spencer Cowper, who bought it at Florence in 1845 for £20. It was strongly suspected that it was stolen from the Villa with many other objects of value when Lady Cowper died there at an advanced age in 1826. II. Nat. Loan Exhibit, Grosvenor Gallery No. 80, p. 94 Whitechapel, 1908 (157). There is also another picture at Panshanger attributed to Zoffany.

Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper: she was born to Charles Gore and Mary Cockerill. On 18 Sep 1764 William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper died. His son George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper succeeded 3rd Earl Cowper, 3rd Baron Cowper of Wingham in Kent, 5th Baronet Cowper of Ratling Court in Kent. She by marriage Countess Cowper. In 1775 George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper and she were married. He the son of William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper and Henrietta Nassau 2nd Countess Cowper. In 1826 she died.

Charles Gore: Before he and Mary Cockerill were married. She brough sufficient wealth to the marriage that he didn't need to work. On 05 Dec 1729 he was born at Horkstow Hall, Lincolnshire. On 23 Jan 1807 he died.

John Zoffany His Life and Works. Before 1776. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 42). Around 1798. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 42).

John Zoffany His Life and Works. Between 1783 and 1787. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 49). DASHWOOD, MRS. Wilton House, Shenley, Herts.

Very large group representing different members of the Auriol Family. In the centre of the group are two ladies, Charlotte (age 28), afterwards Mrs. Thomas Dashwood (age 33), in green, and Sophia (age 23), afterwards Mrs. John Prinsep (age 36), in gold satin, represented seated at a round table drinking tea, while behind are two native servants, who appear to be pouring out the tea and handing it. There are tea-cups and saucers on the table, and two silver ornaments. Near by is Thomas Dashwood (age 33), second son of Sir James, of Kirklington, Oxford, in purple coat, white vest, black breeches and shoes and white stockings, seated at another table playing chess, and on the opposite side of the table is his companion James Auriol (age 30), wearing a green coat, white vest and breeches, green stockings and black shoes, standing receiving a letter from a native servant. Another native servant stands close by.

At the opposite side of the picture are three men, two standing and one seated, and behind one of them is a native servant in pink costume, holding a pipe. The standing figures are Charles Auriol, in red uniform with white facings, white vest and breeches and black boots, and John Auriol in purple coat and white vest, black breeches, white stockings and black shoes. The seated figure is John Prinsep (age 36), the other son-in-law, and he wears a brown coat. P.

There is a copy of this picture belonging to Mrs. Praed at 108, Gloucester Place, Portman Square.

Before 1789 Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 55). Portrait of George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper (age 50).

John Zoffany His Life and Works. Around 1798. Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 64). Charles Townley and Friends in His Library at Park Street, Westminster

Group representing Charles Towneley (age 60), the collector, in his library with his marbles, which are now in the British Museum. He is surrounded by his books, and in conversation with D'Hancarville, near whose chair stand Charles Greville and Thomas Astle. Nollekens (age 60) writes of the picture as follows:

'The best of the marbles were brought into the painting-room to the artist, who made them up into a picturesque composition according to his own taste. The likeness of Mr. Towneley," he adds, "is extremely good; he looks like the dignified possessor of such treasures. At his feet lies his faithful dog Kam, a native Kamschatka, whose mother was one of the dogs yoked to a sledge which drew Captain King in that island." 50 x 39. P.

On 11 Nov 1810 Johan Joseph Zoffany (age 77) died.