George Dawe (February 8, 1781, London — October 15, 1829, Kentish Town) was an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon's invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Kentish Town is an area of north London, England in the London Borough of Camden. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The French invasion of Russia in 1812 was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. See also The movie Russian Ark, an innovative single shot walkthrough with period reenactments spanning three hundred years of court meetings He worked in Saint Petersburg since 1819, winning acclaim from the artistic establishment and complimentary verses by Pushkin. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River
He was the son of Philip Dawe, a successful mezzotint engraver who also produced political cartoons relating to the events of the Boston Tea Party. Mezzotint is a Printmaking process of the intaglio family technically a Drypoint method The Boston Tea Party was an act of Direct action protest by the American colonists against the British Government in which they destroyed many
One of his brothers was Henry Edward Dawe, also a portraitist.
External links
- George Dawe on the website of the National Portrait Gallery
- George Dawe on the Hermitage Museum website
- Portrait of the artist, circa 1810 - 1829, oil on canvas. Collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Achilles frantic for the loss of Patroclus, rejecting the consolation of Thetis, 1803, oil on canvas. Collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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