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John (The Elder) Cleveley

John (The Elder) Cleveley (c. 1712 - 1777) was active/lived in England.  John Cleveley is known for Ship portraits, dockyard and celebration scene painting.

JOHN CLEVELEY THE ELDER
Southwark circa 1712 – 1777 Deptford

John Cleveley the Elder was a highly accomplished painter of ship portraits, dockyard scenes, sea fights and panoramic celebrations of mid-eighteenth century Royal Navy squadrons, the latter sometimes based on compositions by Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707). His style is colourful, meticulous and with a thorough understanding of sea and ships. Despite his talent as an artist, officially he spent his entire career as a shipwright in the royal dockyard at Deptford.

Born around 1712, John was the son of Samuel Cleveley, a joiner of Newington Butts, Southwark. On 3rd November 1726 he was apprenticed to the joiner Thomas Miller, and then worked with John Hall, a shipwright and Deptford boat builder. On 9th June 1743 he became a freeman of the Shipwrights’ company. He worked in the royal dockyard and lived in King’s Yard Row, Dogg Street at least from 1747 until his death in May 1777; he is bu   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3986 characters.]  Artist bio

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