Christopher William Hunneman

Christopher William Hunnemann or Christopher Wilhelm Hanneman (May 1755 – 21 November 1793) was a British portrait painter.

Christopher William Hunnemann
BornMay 1755
Died21 November 1793
Soho, London
NationalityBritish

Life
Sir John Soane by Christopher William Hunneman in 1776

Christopher Wilhelm Hanneman was born in May 1755 presumably near Hanover where his father was a court physician. He joined the Royal Academy in December 1773 and three years later he was awarded the academy's silver medal. He established himself as a portrait painter creating a half length portrait for Sir John Soane in 1776 (Some say 1779[1]), which he called Portrait of a Young Artist.[2] He gained work copying paintings in the collection of George III including work by Thomas Gainsborough.[2]

From 1777 he was a habitual exhibitor of his work every year at the Royal Academy. The work was usually in miniature but could be in oils or crayon.[1]

Hunneman was living in Frith Street in Soho in 1790.[3] He died in 1793 on 21 November in Soho.[4]

References
  1. L. H. Cust, ‘Hünnemann , Christopher William (1755–1793)’, rev. Annette Peach, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 7 Sept 2013
  2. 4 paintings by or after Christopher William Hunneman at the Art UK site
  3. 'Frith and Bateman Street: Portland Estate: Frith Street', Survey of London: volumes 33 and 34: St Anne Soho (1966), pp. 151-166. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41075 Date accessed: 08 September 2013
  4. Will of Christopher William Hunneman, Portrait and Miniature Pointer of Soho , Middlesex, National Archives, London, accessed 7 September 2013


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