James Nixon

Place: Lincoln

Born: 1741

Death: 1812

Biography:

James Nixon was a British painter. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools from March 1769. He first exhibited with the Society of Artists (1765–1771), and from 1772 to 1805 was an annual contributor to the Royal Academy. Nixon was a leading miniaturist of his time, and held the appointments of limner to the Prince of Wales and miniature-painter to the Duchess of York; in 1778 he was elected Associate of the Royal Academy.