Linnell

Linnell, JOHN, artist, was born in London in 1792, in 1805 entered as a student at the Royal Academy, and distinguished himself greatly during his course, not only in painting, but in sculpture and engraving. He was a pupil of Benjamin West and Varley, and himself taught drawing to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. He painted many portraits of eminent men, as his friend Blake, Malthus, Whately, Peel, and Carlyle. His landscapes were mostly painted from the sweet scenery of Surrey. Of these need only be named 'Harvest Showers,' 'A coming Storm,' 'Autumn,' and 'The Heath.' Linnell died at Redhill, January 20, 1882. See his Life by A. T. Story (1892).