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Horatio (also, incorrectly Horace) Beevor Love (December 7, 1800 – August 13, 1838) was an English portrait painter who exhibited with the Norwich School of painters.

Horatio Beevor Love
Born	December 7, 1800
Died	August 13, 1838(1838-08-13) (aged 37)
Nationality	English
Known for	Portrait painting
Movement	associated with the Norwich School of painters

Life

Horatio Beevor Love was born on 7 December 1800, a twin son of Samuel Love and his wife Lydia, and was baptised at the Old Meeting House Congregational Church, Norwich, on 8 January 1801.[1]

He painted and exhibited portraits, landscapes and miniatures, and depicted the portraits of several contemporary members of the Norwich School of painters, including John Sell Cotman.[2]

He also painted a number of the faces in works by Edwin Cooper (1785-1833), some of which are credited.

He became a Freeman of the City of Norwich on 18 December 1824 with admission as the son of a Freeman and trade of Miniature Painter.

He married Mary Ann Tovell on 19 April 1824 in Norwich and they had six children.

References

External links

• Works by Horatio Beevor Love in the Norfolk Museums Collections
• Horatio Beevor Love - Suffolk Artists website
• Works by Horatio Beevor Love in the British Museum

Bibliography

• Walpole, Josephine (1997). Art and Artists of the Norwich School. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-261-5.

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