26 July 1780 • King's Lynn
Died:29 July 1859 • Ipswich
The son of Samuel and Elizabeth Lane, he was born at King's Lynn on 26 July 1780.
Lane first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1804, secured a large practice, and was a constant contributor for more than fifty years, sending in all 217 works....
Works His portraits included: Lord George Bentinck for the Lynn guildhall; James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez for the United Service Club; Sir George Pollock and Sir John Malcolm for the Oriental Club; Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond; Charles Blomfield, bishop of London; Thomas Clarkson for Wisbech town-hall; Philip Broke for the East Suffolk Hospital; Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester ( seventh creation ), for the Norwich Corn Exchange; Luke Hansard for the Stationers' Company; Thomas Telford, Edmond Wodehouse ( 1784–1855 ), and other prominent persons.
English artist