• Was an English painter and miniaturist.
• Henry Singleton was born in London, England.
• He was not yet two years old when his father died, so he was raised by his uncle William Singleton (d. 1793).
• Henry attended the Royal Academy Schools from the age of seventeen and won the silver medal in 1784.
• Henry’s sisters Maria and Sarah (later Macklarinan) were miniaturists who exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1808 to 1820 and from 1787 to 1806 respectively.
• In 1807 Henry married his cousin William Singleton’s only daughter.
• Henry Singleton died in London at the age of 72.
• He exhibited at the Royal Academy, between 1784 and 1839, approximately 300 works, a large proportion of which were portraits.
• His works were also exhibited at the British Institution from 1806 and at the Society of British Artists from 1824 until his death in 1839.
Henry Singleton, The Wandering Sailor, ca. 1798
Original, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. Visited in 2025.
Henry Singleton, The Wandering Sailor, ca. 1798
Henry Singleton, The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird, ca. 1800
Original, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. Visited in 2025.
Henry Singleton, The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird, ca. 1800
Henry Singleton, Christ in the Temple, undated
Original, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. Visited in 2025.
Francis Smith, The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador, ca. 1765
Henry Singleton, Palemon and Lavinia, c. 1792
Original, Tate Britain, London. Visited in 2025.
Henry Singleton, Palemon and Lavinia, c. 1792
