Stephen Slaughter (baptised 1697, died 1765) was an English portrait painter. [1] He spent periods of his career in Dublin, where he introduced the English style of portrait painting. [2]
He was the son of Stephen and Judith Slaughter, was baptised in London, and had the artist Judith Lewis as a sister. [1] It has been claimed that John Lewis (fl. 1737–1769), also an artist, was Slaughter's brother-in-law; but it is disputed whether Lewis was the husband of Judith Slaughter. [3] [4] Slaughter studied under Godfrey Kneller from 1712. [1] In 1720, on the account of Joseph Highmore, he was at the London academy of Louis Cheron and John Vanderbank. [5]
There followed a long period abroad, in France and Flanders. Returning in 1732–33 to London, Slaughter then set up in Dublin during 1734, paying a longer visit in the 1740s. [6] Slaughter influenced in particular Thomas Frye, as did James Latham. [7]
In 1745 Slaughter became Surveyor of the King's Pictures, in succession to Peter Walton. [1] From 1748 he spent time on picture restoration. [6] On 14 July 1765, two months after his death, he was elected to the Accademia del Disegno, with William Oram. [8]
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