Horace Beevor Love

Horatio (also, incorrectly Horace) Beevor Love (1800–1838) was an English portrait painter who exhibited with the Norwich School of painters.

Horatio Beevor Love
Born(1800-12-07)7 December 1800
Died13 August 1838
NationalityEnglish
Known forPortrait painting
Movementassociated with the Norwich School of painters

Life

Horatio Beevor Love was born on 7 December 1800, a twin son of Samuel Love and his wife Lydia, and was baptised at the Old Meeting House Congregational Church, Norwich, on 8 January 1801.[1]

He painted and exhibited portraits, landscapes and miniatures, and depicted the portraits of several contemporary members of the Norwich School of painters, including John Sell Cotman.[2]

He also painted a number of the faces in works by Edwin Cooper (1785-1833), some of which are credited.

He became a Freeman of the City of Norwich on 18 December 1824 with admission as the son of a Freeman and trade of Miniature Painter.

He married Mary Ann Tovell on 19 April 1824 in Norwich and they had six children.

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References
  1. Horatio Beevor Love in "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", FamilySearch (Horatio Beevor Love).
  2. Walpole, Art and Artists of the Norwich School, p.161.

Bibliography
  • Walpole, Josephine (1997). Art and Artists of the Norwich School. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-261-5.


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