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Sir Charles Lock Eastlake

1793–1865

The Colosseum from the Campo Vaccino 1822
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Biography

Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (17 November 1793 – 24 December 1865) was a British painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the 19th century. After a period as keeper, he was the first director of the National Gallery. From 1850 to 1865 he served as President of the Royal Academy, succeeding Martin Archer Shee in the role.

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Artworks

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  • Christ Lamenting over Jerusalem

    Sir Charles Lock Eastlake
    1846
  • Haidée, a Greek Girl

    Sir Charles Lock Eastlake
    1827, exhibited 1831
  • The Escape of Francesco Novello di Carrara, with his Wife, from the Duke of Milan

    Sir Charles Lock Eastlake
    exhibited 1850
  • Lord Byron’s ‘Dream’

    Sir Charles Lock Eastlake
    1827, exhibited 1829
  • Mrs Charles H. Bellenden Ker

    Sir Charles Lock Eastlake
    1835
  • The Colosseum from the Esquiline

    Sir Charles Lock Eastlake
    1822
  • The Colosseum from the Campo Vaccino

    Sir Charles Lock Eastlake
    1822

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