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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

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Display artist/maker:

Arthur Pond

Born: 1701, UK, England, London   Died: 1758, UK, England, London

Painter, engraver, dealer and collector. Son of a surgeon. Studied under John Vanderbank (1694-1739), portrait painter, and joined the St Martin's Lane Academy in 1720. In 1752 Pond was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Original portraits include Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, Alexander Pope, and Peg Woffington. Pond was also a prolific etcher, creating a vast number of reproductions throughout his career and collaborating regularly with George Knapton (1698-1778).

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker




 
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