George Cuitt
Illustration — George Cuitt - Easby Hall and Easby Abbey with Richmond, Yorkshire in the Background. C.1800 George Cuitt the Elder (1743–1818) was a British painter. Cuitt was born in Moulton, in Yorkshire, and having shown a natural taste for drawing and design was sent to Italy at the expense of Sir Lawrence Dundas, whose family had already been painted by him.
Also recorded as George Cuitt the Elder · George Cuit · Sr. George Cuitt · George I Cuitt
George Cuitt
- Born
- 1743 · Moulton.
- Died
- 1818 · Richmond.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — George Cuitt - Easby Hall and Easby Abbey with Richmond, Yorkshire in the Background. C.1800 George Cuitt the Elder (1743–1818) was a British painter. Cuitt was born in Moulton, in Yorkshire, and having shown a natural taste for drawing and design was sent to Italy at the expense of Sir Lawrence Dundas, whose family had already been painted by him.
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He studied earnestly for six years at Rome, and also pursued landscape painting, a branch of art that was more congenial to his tastes. He returned to England in 1775, and in 1776 he exhibited at the Royal Academy The Infant Jupiter fed with goat's milk and honey. He afterwards exhibited portraits and landscapes, his last contribution being in 1798. Owing to frequent attacks of low fever he was unable to reside in London, and he finally settled at Richmond in Yorkshire. There he found ready employment in the commissions given him by gentlemen whose parks and residences were in his neighbourhood. His portraits are elaborately finished, although very thinly painted, whilst his earlier landscapes show much ability and feeling in their execution. His son was the artist George Cuitt the Younger.
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1743
George Cuitt born at Moulton.
1818
George Cuitt died at Richmond.
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His recorded language was English.
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George Cuitt, George I Cuitt and George, the elder Cuitt
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