Ozias Humphrey
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Ozias Humphry (or Humphrey) (1742-1810) was an English miniature painter of the 18th century.
Born and schooled in Honiton, Devon, he studied art in London and in Bath (under Samuel Collins, taking over his practice in 1762), and his talent was encouraged by Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, among others.
He travelled to Italy in 1773 with George Romney, stopping en route at Knole, near Sevenoaks in Kent, where the Duke of Dorset commissioned several works from him. His stay in Italy lasted until 1777.
On his return, his numerous subjects included George Stubbs (1777), fellow Academician Dominic Serres, and author Jane Austen (c. 1790), while his pupils included John Opie.
From 1785 to 1787, he travelled to India, producing many miniatures and sketches. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1791.
His sight failed in 1797 and he died in 1810 in Hampstead, north London.