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CLARKE, Theophihts, A.R.A. por- trait pointer. He was born in 1776; was a pupil of Opie, and student in the schools of the Royal Academy. He first appears as an exhibitor in 1797. His works were chiefly portraits and domestic subjects, with some marines and landscapes. He was elected an associate of the Academy in 1803, and last exhibited in 1810. The date of his death is unknown. His name was continued on the list of associates till 1832.

CLARKE, Benjamin, sculptor. He was born in Dublin 1771. An artist of pro- mising ability; he was idle and neglected to study, but was held in much estimation. He died 1810.

CLARKE, John, engraver and drafts- man. Born in Scotland about 1650. Prac- tised in Edinburgh with much reputation; but Strutt says he worked chiefly with the graver in a style which does him little cre- dit as an artist. He executed profile heads of William and Mary, Prince and Princess of Orange, dated 1690; seven small heads, on one plate, of Charles II., his Queen, Prince Rupert, the Prince of Orange, Duke of Monmouth, and General Monk; and por- traits of some of the chief persons in the three kingdoms. He also engraved, after his own designs, ' The Humours of Harle- quin.' He cued, about 1697.

CLARKE, John, engraver. Lived in Gray's Inn, and practised the latter part of the 17th century' He engraved a por- trait of Rubens and a picture of -'Her- cules and Dejanira/ but did not attain any eminence.

CLARKE, William, engraver and draftsman of the time of Charles II. He engraved chiefly portraits, and mostly for frontispieces — one of which for a book of devotion, published in London 1635. There is a small mezzo-tint by him of John Shower, from a portrait by himself. His works are dated as late as 1680.

CLARKSON, Nathaniel, portrait painter. He practised in the latter half of the 18th century, but commenced art as a coach-panel and sign painter, and it is said painted the elaborate Shakespeare sign, for which Edward Edwards gives Wale, R. A., the credit. He was a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists. He resided at Islington, and died there Sep- tember 26, 1795, aged 71. He painted and presented to the new church at Islington, finished 1754, an altar-piece, ' The Annun- ciation.'

CLATER, Thomas, subject painter. He was from 1820 a constant exhibitor at the Royal Academy. He first contributed some

Sortraits, and then took up subjects from omesticlife. In 1824, ' The Morning Lec-

ture; ' in 1827, * Christmas in the Country;* in 1829, ' Scandal— only think;' in 1839, 'The Music Lesson;' in 1849, 'Sunday Morning.' Clever in their quiet humour and pleasing in colour, his works did not find purchasers, and after a long career he fell into difficulties. He exhibited for the last time in 1859, and was assisted from the funds of the Royal Academy. He died February 24, 1867.

CLAY, Alfred Barron, history paint' er. He was born June 3. 1831, at Wafton-le- Dale, near Preston, and was the second son of the Rev. John Clay, who was distin-

ftishedasthe chaplain of Preston Gaol, e was educated at the Preston Grammar School, and, intended for the legal profes- sion, was articled to a solicitor in that town. Towards the latter part of his term he became strongly attached to the study of art, and though discouraged by his pa- rents, he managed quietly to persevere in the pursuit, and when the question arose of further arrangements for his continuance in the law, he was resolutely opposed, anxious that some test should be made of his pre- tensions in art; and with this view he painted his mother's portrait, and upon the favourable opinions expressed he was sent to Liverpool, where he commenced his studies in the spring of 1852, and in the autumn of the same year came to London, and was admitted to the schools of the Royal Academy. In 1855 he first exhi- bited at the Academy, sending portraits of his father and his sister, and their success decided his career. From that time he was a regular contributor. He painted several subjects from Scottish history, thrice exhi- biting ' The Imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots.' In 1864 he exhibited? Charles IX. and the French Court at the Massacre of St. Bartholomew; ' in 1865, ' The Hugue- not; ' and in 1867, his most important work, ' The Return of Charles II. to Whitehall in 1660.' His health gave way at this time, in spite of every effort, and he gradually sunk, dying at Rainhill, near Liverpool, at the beginning of a career of much promise, October 1, 1868. His 'Mary, Queen of Scots, when a Prisoner, mending an old Tapestry,' was exhibited at Suffolk Street in the spring of that year.

CLAxT(W, JosTXyStiU-lifepainter. He was brought up as a surgeon, but left that profession for the arts. He was a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists, and known as a painter of fruit and still-life in oil and water-colours at the exhibitions which preceded the establishment of the Royal Academy. He has left no remem- brance of his works, some of the chief of which were destroyed by fire in 1769. He retired from the practice of art, and died at Enfield, May 23, 1800, in his 73rd year.

CLAYTON, Joseph, architect. He

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