| Authorised form of name | Shee; Sir; Martin Archer (1769 - 1850) |
| Dates | 1769 - 1850 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 20 December 1769 |
| Place of death | Brighton, Sussex |
| Date of death | 19 August 1850 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Brighton cemetery, Sussex |
| Occupation | Portrait painter |
| Activity | Education:
Drawing academy of the Royal Dublin Society, under Robert Lucius West; Royal Academy (1790)
Career:
Moved to London (1788); sitters included members of the Royal Family; visited Paris (1802); wrote poetry; involved in establishing the British Institution (1807); resigned as President of the Royal Academy (1845) but yielded to requests to remain
Honours:
Kt 1830
Memberships:
ARA (1798); RA (1800, President 1830-1850); Society of Dilettanti (1830)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/04/1831 |
| Relationships | Younger son of Martin Shee, merchant in Dublin, and his wife Mary, daughter of John Archer of Dublin; married (19 Decembe 1796, at Paddington Church) Mary, eldest daughter of James Power of Youghal (died 1846); three sons and three daughters |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Code | NA7546 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/004140 | Shee, Sir Martin Archer | nd |
| EC/1831/13 | Shee, Sir Martin Archer: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |