Robert Trewick Bone

Robert Trewick Bone (24 September 1790 – 5 May 1840) was an English painter of sacred, classical and genre scenes. He was also an enamel painter.[1]

Robert Trewick Bone
Born	September 24, 1790 London
Nationality	English
Occupation	Painter

Girl holding a kitten (1818, oil on copper)

Life and work

Bone was born in London, the son (and one of 10 surviving children) of Henry Bone, the celebrated enamel painter, who instructed him in art, and younger brother of Henry Pierce Bone (1779–1855), also an enamel painter.[1]

He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1813, and again in 1815, but stopped after 1838. In 1817 he won a premium of £100 from the British Institution for his painting of A lady with her attendants at the bath. He does not appear to have done much in enamel painting, but confined himself almost exclusively to sacred, classic, and domestic subjects. His works, though generally small, are tasteful and sparkling, and he was a member of the Sketching Club.[1]

Bone died from the effects of an accident on 5 May 1840.[1]

References

1. "Bone, Robert Trewick". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. p. 344.

Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Bone, Robert Trewick". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

External links

• Robert Trewick Bone on Artnet
• Catalogue for R. T. Bone (Royal Academy collections)
• Girl Holding a Kitten (Christie's)
• Prints by R. T. Bone (British Museum collection)