Edward Nash (painter)

Edward Nash (1778–1821) was an English painter, best known for his miniatures.

Life

Edward Nash was born in 1778. He became a pupil of Samuel Shelley, and trained as a miniaturist.[1] He visited the Netherlands with Robert Southey and his family in 1815. Nash painted a miniature of the famous poet, and a double portrait miniature of Edith May Southey and Sara Coleridge, in 1820.[2] In later life, he also spent several years in India. He exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1811 to 1820. He died in 1821, in London.[1]

References

  1. Oliver, ed. 2011.
  2. Youngquist; Wang, eds. 2019.

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