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(1) William (Alfred) Delamotte
(b Weymouth, Dorset, 2 Aug 1775; d Oxford, 2 Feb 1863). Painter. As a boy in Weymouth, Delamotte was encouraged in his drawing by the attention of George III, a frequent visitor to the town. In 1794 he went to London to study under Benjamin West at the Royal Academy. Soon afterwards he moved to Oxford; many of his drawings of university architecture survive, such as Christ Church from Hinksey Meadows (n.d.; London, V&A). In 1803 he was appointed Drawing-master at the Royal Military College, Great Marlow, Bucks, and he continued to teach there for 40 years. He produced muted but carefully drawn watercolours and a smaller number of oils. He visited Paris during the Peace of Amiens (1802) and travelled widely on the Continent in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. Delamotte exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1793 to 1850 and at the Society of Painters in Water-Colours from 1806 to 1808; most of his exhibits were topographical views. His Thirty Etchings of Rural Subjects was published in 1816.
Part of the Delamotte family
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