Joseph Highmore

Joseph Highmore
Self-Portrait ca. 1746, National Gallery of Victoria
Born	(1692-06-13)13 June 1692 London, England
Died	3 March 1780(1780-03-03) (aged 87) Canterbury, Kent, England
Known for	Portrait painting, writer
Spouse	Susanna Hiller ​ (m. 1716)​

Joseph Highmore (13 June 1692 – 3 March 1780) was an English painter of portraits, conversation pieces and history subjects, illustrator and author. After retiring from his career as a painter at the age of 70, he published art historical and critical articles.^[1]