Artist
John Finlayson
British, 1730–1776
John Finlayson was a British Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art.
Overview
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.
Selected 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.
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.
Collections represented
Museum
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