When did Samuel Atkins live?

Samuel Atkins lived from 1760 to 1808.

What movement was Samuel Atkins part of?

Samuel Atkins was part of the Rococo painting and Romanticism movements.

Where can I see paintings by Samuel Atkins?

Paintings by Samuel Atkins are held by Victoria and Albert Museum and Cleveland Museum of Art.

Samuel Atkins · Paintings, Biography & Famous Works

British, 1760–1808

Samuel Atkins was a British Rococo painting artist. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Samuel Atkins (fl. 1787–1808), was a British marine painter. Atkins contributed to the Royal Academy between 1787 and 1796. From 1796 to 1804 he was in the East Indies, when he returned to England, and continued to exhibit until 1808.

He worked in oil and water-colour. The water-colour collections of South Kensington and the British Museum have each an example of his work. It is rather early in manner, low in tone, quiet, and truthful.

A picture of ‘Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover,’ has been engraved after him by R. and D. Havell. Nagler attributes to this Samuel Atkins the originals of two engravings of sea-subjects after ‘, Atkins:’ ‘Ships in Sight of Harbour,’ engraved in aquatint by H. Merke; and ‘A Sea Piece,’ by F. Janinet. A water-colour drawing also, ‘Seascape with Ships,’ he gives to this painter.