Silvester Harding

July 25, 1745 (age 64)

Placed when a child with an uncle in London, at the age of fourteen he ran away and joined a company of actors. In 1775 he returned to London and took to miniature-painting, exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1776 and in subsequent years. In 1792 they moved to 102 Pall Mall, where they carried on a successful business. Before 1798, the brothers dissolved their partnership, Silvester moving to 127 and Edward to 98 Pall Mall. Harding died on 12 August 1809. Harding married a daughter of Doctor William Perfect of Town Malling, Kent, by whom he had, with other children, George Perfect and Edward. The latter engraved some plates for his father"s publications, but died at the age of twenty in 1796.

Silvester Harding

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Background

Harding was born at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, on 25 July 1745.

Career

Placed when a child with an uncle in London, at the age of fourteen he ran away and joined a company of actors. In 1775 he returned to London and took to miniature-painting, exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1776 and in subsequent years. In 1792 they moved to 102 Pall Mall, where they carried on a successful business.

Before 1798, the brothers dissolved their partnership, Silvester moving to 127 and Edward to 98 Pall Mall.

Harding died on 12 August 1809. Harding married a daughter of Doctor William Perfect of Town Malling, Kent, by whom he had, with other children, George Perfect and Edward.

The latter engraved some plates for his father"s publications, but died at the age of twenty in 1796.

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