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 | |