Edward Francis Cunningham / RY (1 Jan 1742 Jahr – 1 Jan 1795 Jahr)

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Edward Francis Cunningham (c. 1742–1795),
sometimes called Kelso or Francesco Calza or
Calze, was a Scottish portrait painter.
He came from a good Scotch family, and is said to
have been born at Kelso about 1742. His father,
having been implicated in the attempt of the
Pretender in 1745, was obliged to flee from
Scotland to the Continent, and took his son with
him. Cunningham studied art with much
perseverance at Parma, Rome, Venice, and Paris.
He is said to have assumed the cognomen of
'Calze' in Italy. Soon after his arrival in Paris, he
inherited the family estates, and shortly afterwards
a second bequest fell to his share, but being
dissipated and extravagant, he speedily ran
through all his money, and was then induced to
follow the Duchess of Kingston to Russia. On
leaving her Grace, he entered the service of the Russian court, and afterwards
went to Berlin, where he found full employment as a portrait painter.
Unhappily, his improvident habits continued, and he finally moved to London,
where he died in great poverty in 1795.

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