John Cawse
John Cawse (25 December 1778 – 19 January 1862) was a British painter and caricaturist.
Life
He was born on 25 December 1778, the son of Charles Woodruffe Cawse and his wife Mary, of Little Prescott Street, Whitechapel.[1] His father described himself in his will as a "Staymaker and Dealer in Whale Fins".[2]
Early in his career he was employed to draw caricatures by the print publisher SW Fores.[1] He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1802,[3] showing mostly portraits, but also some paintings of horses and, from the early 1830s, a few historical pictures.[4] Between 1807 and 1845 he exhibited at the British Institution, predominantly showing literary and historical subjects, including scenes from the works of Shakespeare and Walter Scott.[5] His portrait of the clown Joseph Grimaldi is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery [6] and his 1826 painting of Carl Maria von Weber is in that of the Royal College of Music.[7]
He is best remembered for his book The Art of Painting Portraits, Landscapes, Animals, Draperies, &c., in oil colours, published in 1840.[3] He was an amateur musician who, unusually for the time, played the antiquated viola da gamba (i.e. the bass viol);[8] an instrument he once owned is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.[9]
Family
He married Mary Fraser; two of their daughters, Mary and Harriet Cawse, became opera singers; another, Clarissa Sabina, was a miniature painter[1]
Gallery
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Cawse-guitar.jpg
On her Spanish guitar, she played a ditty which lulled her old guardian to sleep, 19th century
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Falstaff ridiculing Bardolph's nose.jpg
Falstaff ridiculing Bardolph's nose, c. 1820
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Falstaff choosing his recruits, 1818
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Bardolph and Falstaff putting Wart through the drill (Cawse, 1827?).jpg
Bardolph and Falstaff putting Wart through the drill, 1827?
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Pistol announcing to Falstaff the death of the King (Cawse, c. 1820).jpg
Pistol announcing to Falstaff the death of the King, c. 1820
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Pistol announcing to Falstaff the death of the King (Cawse, c. 1820s).jpg
Pistol announcing to Falstaff the death of the King, c. 1820s
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Autolycus selling his wares (Cawse c.1830).jpg
Autolycus selling his wares, c. 1830
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External links
- John Cawse (British Museum Bio)
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