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Full Name
  
Jonathan Fisher

Nationality
  
Irish


Known for
  
Painting

Name
  
Jonathan Fisher

Jonathan Fisher (painter)

Born
  
1740
Dublin, Ireland

Died
  
1809 Bishop Street, Dublin, Ireland

Jonathan Fisher (c. 1740–1809) was an Irish painter.

Jonathan Fisher (painter) Jonathan Fisher THE DOWN EAST DILETTANTE

Fisher was born in Dublin. He is first recorded in 1763 when he was awarded a premium by the Dublin Society for a landscape.

Jonathan Fisher (painter) Jonathan Fisher Artist Fine Art Prices Auction Records for

He is best known for his fine engravings and aquatints of Irish scenery. He travelled all over Ireland. He published views of Killarney in 1770 and 1789.

He lived at Great Ship Street, Dublin, from about 1778 until 1805, when he moved to Bishop Street, Dublin, where he died in 1809.

Literature

  • J. S. Powell: Pavilioned in Splendour.
  • Irish Times. Saturday, June 12, 1999, and Saturday, October 27, 2007.
  • James Gandon, edited by Thomas Mulvany: The Life of James Gandon, pp. 148–149.
  • References

    Jonathan Fisher (painter) Wikipedia