George Frost

• Name — George Frost • Born — 1754 • Died — 28 June 1821 • Known for — Landscape paintings

Frost was the son of a builder at Ousden in Suffolk, and was originally brought up to his father's business. He subsequently obtained a post in the office of the Blue Coach at Ipswich where he worked until about eight years before his death.

Frost had a natural and early love of drawing, and was self-taught as an artist. According to his obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine: His productions, and more particularly his Drawings, were admirable, and exhibited abundant proofs of the character and genius of a Master. He studied nature with the closest attention, and in his attempts to delineate her beauties, was eminently successful. He was an accurate observer of her in all her appearances, and possessed a characteristic touch for all her forms. The subjects which he selected were such as did credit to his taste and judgment; and whatever came from his pencil bore the impress of originality and truth, and evinced, in a bold and masterly manner, the local character and features of the County In which he resided. He was a great admirer and imitator of Gainsborough, and possessed some paintings and drawings by him, notably "The Mall", of which he executed a careful copy when in his 77th year. He was also a close friend of John Constable. His employment at Ipswich caused him to limit his subjects to that town and its neighbourhood, and he was little known elsewhere.

• Illustration — The Common Quay, Ipswich 1820 • Illustration — Wolsey's Gate, Ipswich, • Illustration — Corn Hill and Moot Hall, Ipswich

Frost died at his home on the Common Quay at Ipswich on 28 June 1821 after a painful illness.