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Authorised form of nameShee; Sir; Martin Archer (1769 - 1850)
Dates1769 - 1850
NationalityBritish
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Date of birth20 December 1769
Place of deathBrighton, Sussex
Date of death19 August 1850
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Brighton cemetery, Sussex
OccupationPortrait painter
ActivityEducation:
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)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election21/04/1831
RelationshipsYounger 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
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA7546
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/004140Shee, Sir Martin Archernd
EC/1831/13Shee, Sir Martin Archer: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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