Jacob George Strutt

Jacob George Strutt

Jacob George Strutt, Elms at Mongewell, Oxfordshire

Jacob George Strutt, Elms at Mongewell, Oxfordshire
Born 1790
Died 1864
Nationality British
Known for painter, engraver

Jacob George Strutt (1790–1864) was an English landscape painter and engraver in the manner of Constable. He was the husband of the writer Elizabeth Strutt, and father of the painter, traveller and archeologist Arthur John Strutt.

Life

Strutt moved to Lausanne in about 1830. With his son Arthur he travelled in France and Switzerland from 1835 to 1837, and later to Italy. He returned to England in 1851, and died at Rome in 1864. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1822 to 1852;[1] in 1845 The Ancient Forum, Rome was shown, and in 1851 Tasso's Oak, Rome.[2] He published two books of poetry in translation, and several books of engravings.[1]

Works

References

  1. 1 2 Bryan, Michael, George Charles Williamson (1903-05) Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers London: G. Bell, Volume 5, S–Z, p.138
  2. Nicholas Jenkins (2008–2011) Jacob George Strutt (I13774) in W. H. Auden - 'Family Ghosts' (online database). Accessed September 2011.
  3. IPNI.  Strutt.
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