Archer James Oliver
Archer James Oliver (1774 - 16 March 1842) was a British painter, principally active as a portraitist.
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Life
The son of John and Anna Maria Oliver, he was christened at St Mary's church in Whitechapel on 3 October 1774.[1] Oliver studied at the Royal Academy from 13 August 1790.[2] He exhibited 210 paintings at the Royal Academy between 1791 and 1841, and 62 at the British Institution.[3][4] In the latter part of his career he showed still lifes of fruit, nuts and dead game, and some biblical scenes, in addition to the portraits which had previously predominated.[3]
His portraits were often engraved. Their subjects included the banker George Children; the politician Sir Berkeley Guise, 2nd Baronet; the songwriter Charles Morris; Robert Morris; the minister Vicesimus Knox; and the solicitor Robert Blake.[2] In 1803-4 he exhibited some portraits of members of the Howard family in medieval costume, intended as designs for stained glass at Arundel Castle.[3]
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy on 2 November 1807.[2]
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