John Cochran
Illustration — Portrait of Harriet Charlotte Beaujolois, Viscountess Tullamore. Copper engraving by John Cochran after F. La Belle Assemblee No. 11 New Series 1 May 1826 John Cochran or Cochrane (active 1821–1865) was a Scottish portrait miniaturist, a stipple and line engraver and a painter of watercolours.
John Cochran
Engraver John Cochran, portrait by F. W. Wilkin · http: type=Print listall=1 · Public domain
- Died
- 1865.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- painter, engraver, printmaker and miniaturist.
- Fields
- portrait.
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Illustration — Portrait of Harriet Charlotte Beaujolois, Viscountess Tullamore. Copper engraving by John Cochran after F. La Belle Assemblee No. 11 New Series 1 May 1826 John Cochran or Cochrane (active 1821–1865) was a Scottish portrait miniaturist, a stipple and line engraver and a painter of watercolours.
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John Cochran (1803–1865) was a British engraver, miniaturist and painter, among other activities.
The engraver worked in London. John Cochran was active in engraving, metal engraving and miniature.
Genres include portrait. Works by the engraver are held at National Library of Wales and National Portrait Gallery.
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Cochran exhibited his portraits at the Royal Academy between 1821 and 1823, and at the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1821 to 1827. Cochran contributed steelplate engravings to The National Portrait Gallery (four volumes, 1820), Wilson and Chambers's Land of Burns (1840) and Wright's Gallery of Engravings (1844–1846). Cochrane painted portraits of many famous people such as Queen Victoria at the age of 18, King William IV, the Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, the Duke of York and Albany, Viscountess Beresford, the Viscount Nelson and the Earl of St Vincent. At the National Portrait Gallery they list 61 portraits by Cochran. Cochran also painted watercolours of Scottish landscapes and coastal scenes. It is unknown yet if he was related to the Scottish painter William Cochran (artist) (1738–1785).
The field of work recorded is engraving, miniature and painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by John Cochran is recorded in the collections of National Portrait Gallery and National Library of Wales.
John Cochran is recorded as painter, engraver, printmaker and miniaturist.
Portrait of Henry Forster Burder,(1783–1864) was English Congregationalist minister. From the Evangelical Magazine, January 1842.
Engraver J. Cockran, after E. B. Morris · Google Books
A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Henry Forster Burder – British minister
John Cochran · This image is available from the National Library of Wales You can view this image in its original context on the NLW Catalogue
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1803
John Cochran born.
1865
John Cochran died.
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Cochran, John, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Moody (Cochran), John, Dictionary of Irish Biography, 2009
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- 1.Scharlau Prints and Maps Dictionary of Artists
- 2.National Portrait Gallery, Works by John Cochran
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