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After spending most of his considerable inheritance on fox hunting and collecting paintings, Francis Grant, the son of a Scottish laird, needed to find a source of income and decided to pursue a career as an artist.
Perhaps in part due to his own aristocratic background, which allowed him to mix in noble and royal circles, Grant soon became a highly fashionable and sought-after artist in Victorian society, painting sporting and hunting scenes before fully devoting himself to portraiture. As a portrait artist Grant received commissions from many important figures including Queen Victoria herself.
Grant was strongly influenced by the works of Sir Thomas Lawrence and other great British portraitists of the later 18th and early 19th century, and his own portraits, while painted for a Victorian audience, are often infused with the flamboyance and swagger of this earlier generation.
In 1866, Grant was elected President of the Royal Academy. He received a Knighthood that same year. His works are held in many public collections including the Royal Collection, the National Portrait Gallery, and the National Galleries of Scotland.
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