Andrew Plimer
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Andrew Plimer was a British
United Kingdom
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 artist, born in Wellington, Shropshire
Wellington, Shropshire
Wellington is a town in the unitary authority of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England and now forms part of the new town of Telford. The population of the parish of Wellington was recorded as 20,430 in the 2001 census, making it the third largest town in Shropshire if...

 in 1763 and died in Brighton
Brighton
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 in 1837.

Plimer specialised in portrait miniatures. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...

 from 1768 to 1810 and in 1819. His most famous painting is of the three daughters of Sir John Rushout. His brother was Nathaniel Plimer
Nathaniel Plimer
Nathaniel Plimer was an English miniature portrait painter.Plimer was born to a clockmaker in Wellington, Shropshire. He was apprenticed to Henry Bone the enameler, before joining his brother, Andrew, in studying drawing with Richard Cosway. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1787 until 1815. ...

, also a painter of miniatures; both were pupils of Richard Cosway
Richard Cosway
Richard Cosway was a leading English portrait painter—more accurately a miniaturist—of the Regency era. He was a contemporary of John Smart, George Engleheart, William Wood, and Richard Crosse...

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External links

  • http://99.1911encyclopedia.org/P/PL/PLIMER_ANDREW.htm
  • http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/p/portrait-miniatures-cosway-robertson/
  • http://telematics.ex.ac.uk/molli/realise/portrait/192.htm
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