Owen Swiny by Peter van Bleeck, 1737 (National Portrait Gallery)

Kitty Clive in her role as Philida, 1735, by Peter van Bleeck

Peter van Bleeck (1697 – 20 July 1764) was a Dutch portrait painter and engraver active in London (where he moved in 1723), especially known for theatrical subjects such as Owen Swiny, Kitty Clive and Margaret Woffington, but also working on other subjects such as James Foster. His paintings were frequently engraved, particularly by John Faber Junior.

[edit] External links

• Peter van Bleeck at the National Portrait Gallery
• Anecdotes of painting in England, by Horace Walpole and others, p54

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