Stephen Slaughter (1697-1765)

• Was an English portrait painter.
• He spent periods of his career in Dublin.
• He was the son of Stephen and Judith Slaughter.
• His sister was an artist Judith Lewis.
• Slaughter studied under Godfrey Kneller from 1712.
• Slaughter influenced in particular Thomas Frye, as did James Latham.
• In 1745 Slaughter became Surveyor of the King's Pictures, in succession to Peter Walton.
• From 1748 he spent time on picture restoration.
• On 14 July 1765, two months after his death, he was elected to the Accademia del Disegno, with William Oram.
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