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Peter De Wint
English painter
Peter De Wint | |
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Head of a Girl: Probably a study of Harriet De Wint | |
| Born | 21 January 1784 Stone, Staffordshire, England |
| Died | 30 January 1849(1849-01-30) (aged 65) London, England |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Spouse | Harriet Hilton |
Peter De Wint (21 January 1784 – 30 January 1849) was an English landscapepainter.
A number of his pictures are in the National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The Collection, Lincoln. He died in London.
Biography
De Wint was the son of an English physician of Dutch extraction who had come to England from New York.
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He was born in Stone, Staffordshire.
In 1800, William Hilton was apprenticed to the engraver John Raphael Smith, and around the same time enrolled at the Royal Academy Schools. Another apprentice from 1802 was Peter De Wint, they were inseparable friends.
Apprenticed to John Raphael Smith, the mezzotinter and portrait painter, he bought his freedom from Smith in