About John Boaden
Lived 1795 – 1839 (aged 43–44). John Boaden was a British painter.
Portrait by Boaden of the Rev. Chauncy Hare Townshend in the Victoria and Albert Museum John Boaden (1792/93 – 4 April 1839) was an English portrait painter.
Life Boaden was the son of the theatre critic James Boaden and sister of playwright Caroline Boaden. A painter of portraits and theatrical subjects, he exhibited 40 works at the Royal Academy between 1810 and 1833, 90 at the British Institute between 1810 and 1839, and 59 at the Society of British Artists between 1827 and 1840 (in the last year posthumously).
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English painter
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John Boaden was born in 1795.
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John Boaden died in 1839.
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John Boaden was a painter.
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John Boaden was British.
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