Lind, James
Gender:
Male
Date and place of birth:
17 May 1736, Scotland
Date and place of death:
17 October, London
Worked:
(fl) c Late eighteenth century
Known places of work:
London
Known techniques:
Painted on paper
Known materials:
Paper
Frames:
Signature:
Recorded
Introduction:
Dr Lind worked in collaboration with Tiberius Cavallo in the creation of all his profiles. They were both predominantly scientists and only produced profiles of their circle of friends and eminent contemporaries as a hobby. These included Tom Paine and King George III. Lind had a private printing press at his family home in Windsor that was used to produce copies of his profiles. Typically these were painted in very dense black with little embellishment; shirt-frills for example were not expressed. Generally the bustline termination in Lind profiles is almost straight.
Additional research about James Lind:
Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)
Lind, James (McKechnie Section 1)