George Dawe

George Dawe was an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleons invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. He relocated to Saint Petersburg in 1819, where he won acclaim for his work from the artistic establishment and complimentary verses by Pushkin.

George Dawe was born onFebruary 1781 to Philip Dawe and Jane in Brewer Street, in the parish of St Jamess. Philip was an artist and engraver in mezzotint who had worked with Hogarth and who also produced satirical political cartoons about life in America which are still highly regarded today. George was the first child born to the couple and there would be other successful artists in the family.

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