LINNELL

John (2 son of James Linnell, carver and gilder, d. 1837). b. Plumtree st. St. Giles’s, London 16 June 1792; drew portraits at 10 years old; entered schools of the R.A. 1805; portrait painter to 1847, then landscape painter, engraved his portraits; exhibited 176 pictures at R.A. and 91 at B.I. 1807–79; member of Society of painters in oil and water-colours 1812–20, treasurer 1817, exhibited 52 works there 1813–20; his landscape ‘Removing timber’ sold for £3360 at the Price sale April 1892; there was a large collection of his works at winter exhibition of the R.A. 1882–3; author of The royal gallery of pictures, selections from collection at Bucking ham palace 1840; The royal academy a national institution 1869; Selection of cabinet paintings at Bucking ham palace 1877. d. Red stone Wood, Redhill, Surrey 20 Jany. 1882. bur. Reigate cemet. 25 Jany. A. T. Story’s Life of John Linnell 2 vols. (1892), two portraits ; Dublin Univ. Mag. xc 535, portrait ; Graphic , xxv 125 (1882), portrait ; Black and White 25 Feb. 1893 p. 228, portrait .