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1786 in art
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September 11, 2025
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Events
Works
Births
Deaths
References
Overview of the events of 1786 in art
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Events from the year
1786 in art
.
Events
November –
Boydell Shakespeare Gallery
inaugurated in London.
Francisco Goya
is appointed court painter to King
Charles III of Spain
.
Works
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
's self-portrait with her daughter
Jacques-Louis David and
Anne-Louis Girodet
Oath of the Horatii
(second version)
The Sailor's Return
by
Francis Wheatley
Mather Brown
Portrait of
Charles Bulfinch
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Gainsborough
–
Lavinia (The Milk Maid)
Anne-Louis Girodet
–
Coriolanus Taking Leave of His Family
Ozias Humphry
–
Portrait of Hyder Beg Khan
James Northcote
–
The Murder of the Princes in the Tower
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Mademoiselle Sophie
Self-portrait in a Turban with Julie
Jean-Laurent Mosnier
–
Self-portrait
Nagasawa Rosetsu
Tiger Fusuma
Dragon Fusuma
Joshua Reynolds
Admiral Sir Edward Hughes
Dr. John Hunter seated in his museum
John Trumbull
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775
Benjamin West
–
Alexander III of Scotland Rescued from the Fury of a Stag
Francis Wheatley
–
The Sailor's Return
Johann Zoffany
–
Colonel Antoine Polier, Claud Martin and John Wombwell with the Artist
Births
January 26
–
Benjamin Haydon
, English historical painter and writer (suicide
1846
)
April 1
–
William Mulready
, Irish
genre
painter of rural scenes (died
1863
)
April 16
–
Albrecht Adam
, painter (died
1862
)
June 3
–
Kim Jeong-hui
, calligrapher,
epigraphist
, and scholar of Korea's later
Joseon
period (died
1856
)
July 5
–
Charles Alfred Stothard
, historical draughtsman (died
1821
)
July 9
–
Rudolph Schadow
, German sculptor (died
1822
)
August 8
–
Bengt Erland Fogelberg
, Swedish sculptor (died
1854
)
August 28
–
Ferdinand Piloty
, lithographer (died
1844
)
September 28
–
Johann Michael Sattler
, Austrian portrait and landscape painter (died
1847
)
October 10
–
François-Édouard Picot
, French historic painter (died
1868
)
November 23
–
František Tkadlík
, Czech painter (died
1840
)
date unknown
Jean Alaux
, French history painter and Director of the
French Academy in Rome
(died
1864
)
Julien-Honoré-Germain d'Aubuisson
, French portrait and miniature painter (died
1860
)
Georgije Bakalović
,
Serbian
painter (died
1843
)
Eugénie Honorée Marguerite Charen
, French painter (died
1824
)
Jean Augustin Daiwaille
, Dutch portrait painter (died
1850
)
William Derby
, English miniature painter and
copyist
(died
1847
)
John Fischer
, German portrait, miniature, and landscape painter (died
1875
)
James Frothingham
, American painter (died
1864
)
Kunisada
, Japanese designer of
ukiyo-e
woodblock prints
(died
1865
)
Abraham Wivell
, British portrait painter, writer and pioneer of fire protection (died
1849
)
probable
John Hayes
, British portrait-painter (died
1866
)
Deaths
January 8
–
Johan Edvard Mandelberg
, Swedish-born painter (born
1730
)
January 12
–
Claude-Henri Watelet
, French
fermier-général
, amateur painter and writer on the arts (born
1718
)
February 6
–
Samuel Wale
, English historical painter and book illustrator (born unknown)
February 17
–
Thomas Beckwith
, English painter,
genealogist
and
antiquary
(born
1731
)
March 6
–
Charles Germain de Saint Aubin
,
draftsman
and
embroidery
designer to King
Louis XV of France
(born
1721
)
March 18
–
Jacob Bonneau
, Anglo-French painter (date of birth unknown)
April 12
–
Francesco Saverio Mergalo
, Italian portrait painter (born
1746
)
April 23
–
Alexander Cozens
, British landscape-painter in water-colours and teacher of painting (born
1717
)
May 4
–
Johann Kaspar Füssli
, Swiss painter (born
1743
)
June 21
–
George Hepplewhite
, English furniture designer (born
1727
?)
July 14
–
John Collier
, English caricaturist and satirist (born
1708
)
October 17
–
Johann Ludwig Aberli
, Swiss landscape painter and etcher (born
1723
)
October 30
–
William Duesbury
, British
enameller
and
entrepreneur
(born
1725
)
date unknown
Andrea-Salvatore Aglio
, Italian sculptor and painter on marble (born
1736
)
Johann Karl Auerbach
, Austrian painter (born
1723
)
Tilly Kettle
, portrait painter (born
1735
)
References
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