Peter Paillou (the younger) explained

Peter Paillou (the younger)
Birth Date:	1757
Death Date:	1831 or 1832
Nationality:	British
Field:	Portrait painting

Peter Paillou (1757–1831 or 1832), was a British painter of portraits including miniatures.^{[1] [2]}

Life and work

Paillou was the son of a natural history painter and illustrator also named Peter Paillou, who is believed to have been born in France before migrating to England.

He practised in London for 20 years before moving to Glasgow for some years, where an 1803 advertisement states that he charged eight guineas for a miniature and ten guineas for a three-quarter length portrait in oils.^[3]

Works in national collections

• National Portrait Gallery (Mary, Queen of Scots; Ralph Wardlaw)
• Victoria and Albert Museum (William Rowley, miniatures)
• Art UK (Ann Ruthven Leven Bell, Robert Findlay)
• Fitzwilliam Museum (Susannah Wedgwood, the mother of Charles Darwin)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peter Paillou (British, 1757-1831) . Bonhams . 2001–2013 . 12 April 2013.
2. Web site: Peter Paillou the younger paintings . . 2013 . 12 April 2013.
3. Web site: Peter Paillou . The Glasgow Art Index . Advertisement "Portrait Painting" in The Glasgow Courier, 23 April 1803 . 12 April 2013.