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George Dawe

1781 - 1829

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George Dawe (6 February 1781 – 15 October 1829) was an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon's invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. He relocated to Saint Petersburg in 1819, where he won acclaim for his work from the artistic establishment and complimentary verses by Pushkin. He was the son of Philip Dawe, a successful mezzotint engraver who also produced political cartoons relating to the events of the Boston Tea Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Dawe has received more than 120,810 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Dawe is the 1,265th most popular painter (up from 1,320th in 2019), the 2,365th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,680th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Painter.

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  • 120k

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  • 52.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, George Dawe ranks 1,265 out of 2,023. Before him are Constant Permeke, Giuseppe Amisani, Torii Kiyonobu I, Orlan, Serge Poliakoff, and Zacharie Astruc. After him are Magnus Enckell, Albertus Pictor, Richard Bergh, Edward Poynter, Henri Le Sidaner, and Wojciech Gerson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, George Dawe ranks 29. Before him are Adolphe Marbot, Friedrich von Berchtold, George Ord, Valentín Gómez Farías, Louis-Mathieu Molé, and John Walker. After him are François Habeneck, Christian von Steven, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Johann Friedrich Meckel, José de Madrazo y Agudo, and Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela. Among people deceased in 1829, George Dawe ranks 33. Before him are Nikolay Raevsky, John Adams, Anouvong, Juan Ignacio Molina, Matsudaira Sadanobu, and Adam Müller. After him are Cristóbal Mendoza, Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, James Smithson, Cornelio Saavedra, and Wojciech Bogusławski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Dawe ranks 2,365 out of 8,785. Before him are Derek Warwick (1954), Trevor Francis (1954), Abraham Darby I (1678), Kevin Ayers (1944), Tony Cragg (1949), and John Brunner (1934). After him are Robert Catesby (1573), Kelly Brook (1979), June Almeida (1930), Sarah Siddons (1755), Jock Stein (1922), and John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, George Dawe ranks 42. Before him are John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836), Frank Dicksee (1853), E. H. Shepard (1879), Richard Wilson (1714), Bridget Riley (1931), and Arthur Hughes (1832). After him are Herbert James Draper (1863), George Turner (1841), Auguste Couder (1789), Barbara Hepworth (1903), Marianne North (1830), and Alan Lee (1947).

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