Career
His last contribution to the Academy, in 1786, was The Death of Athelwold.
His last contribution to the Academy, in 1786, was The Death of Athelwold.
Burgess received his art education at the Saint Martin"s Lane Academy, and on becoming in 1766 a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists, sent to its exhibitions numerous portraits, conversation-pieces, and studies of various life.