About John Donaldson
Lived 1737 – 1801 (aged 63–64). John Donaldson was a Scottish painter and porcelain painter.
John Donaldson was born at Edinburgh in 1737, and distinguished himself as a miniature painter, both in enamel and water-colours. In the year 1764, and again in 1768, he obtained the premium given by the Society of Arts for the best picture in enamel. He occasionally amused himself with the point, and etched several plates of beggars, after Rembrandt, which possess considerable merit. He died in London in 1801.
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Who was John Donaldson?
Scottish miniature painter (1737-1801)
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John Donaldson was born in 1737 in Edinburgh.
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John Donaldson died on 11 October 1801 in London.
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John Donaldson was a painter and porcelain painter.
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John Donaldson was Scottish.
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