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with his eldest brother, where he lived from 1782 to 1790, possibly having some connection with the cloth trade, but also building up his art historical knowledge. In June 1784, he married Juliana Talbot (1759–1801), the sister of Charles Talbot, the 15th
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Bryan moved back to London in 1790 establishing himself as an authority and dealer in Fine Art. In 1793 or 1794, he again went to the continent in search of fine pictures. Among other places he visited
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In 1801 Bryan obtained, through the Duke of Bridgewater, the king's permission to visit Paris in order to purchase art from the
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in 2 volumes. The first part appeared in May 1813, and concluded in 1816. He owned a gallery in London's
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to bring back to England. Among other fine pictures, he returned with two by the baroque Spanish artist
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who, in 1798, sought his advice and assistance in disposing of the Italian part of the famous private "
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of art, selling it on to a British syndicate, and owned a fashionable art gallery in
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In 1804 Bryan retired from the art world, and settled at his brother's home in
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Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Volume II
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On 14 February 1821, Bryan suffered a severe paralytic stroke, dying at
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under Dr. Moyce. He travelled to London in 1781, then to
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revised and enlarged by George C. Williamson, HathiTrust
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Index

Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers

William Haines
Alexander Pope

Orleans Collection
Savile Row
Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumberland
Tyne and Wear
Royal Grammar School
Flanders
Earl of Shrewsbury
Holland
Rotterdam
François Laborde de Méreville
Orleans Collection
Duke of Bridgewater
Marquis of Stafford
Earl of Carlisle
private art gallery
Pall Mall
The Lyceum
Strand
cabinet
Monsieur Robit
Murillo
Yorkshire
Savile Row
Portman Square

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