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John Alefounder (1757 – 1795) was a portrait and miniature painter, working in London and later in India. ==Life== Alefounder was born in Colchester, Essex, in 1757 and became a student at the Royal Academy Schools in 1776.〔 He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1777 and 1793. The first piece he showed was a ''Design for a Lunatic Asylum'', but after that he showed mostly portraits. He won a silver medal in 1782. In 1784 he exhibited some theatrical portraits and portrait groups. Francesco Bartolozzi made an engraving after his portrait of "Peter the Wild Boy",〔 and in the same year C.H. Hodges engraved his portrait of the actor John Edwin.〔Bryan,1886–9〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum )〕 He subsequently went to India,〔 He died at Calcutta〔 on 25 December 1794;〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Royal Academy Collections )〕 according to William Baillie, in a letter written the following year, he committed suicide, in despair at his financial situation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Alefounder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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