John James Napier
{{short description|English painter}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name = John James Napier
| image =
| birth_date = 1831
| birth_place = London
| death_date = 20 March 1877 (aged 45)
| resting_place = Highgate Cemetery
| nationality = British
| spouse = Janet Parker Langmuir
}}
John James Napier (1831-1877) was a Victorian portrait painter active in London between 1856 and 1876.
Biography
John James Napier was a Victorian portrait painter active in London between 1856 and 1876.{{cite web |title=National Portrait Gallery, John James Napier |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp07357/john-james-napier |website=www.npg.org.uk |access-date=27 March 2021}} During that period he exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution.{{cite book |last1=Wood |first1=Christopher |title=Dictionary of Victorian Painters |date=1978 |publisher=Antique Collectors Club |location=Woodbridge, Suffolk |isbn=0-902028-723 |page=337 |edition=2nd}}
He married Janet Parker Vance Langmuir on 2 April 1858 in Glasgow{{cite web |title=Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTY4-6PT |website=www.familysearch.org |access-date=27 March 2021}} and they had two children, Janet and James. His wife died on 26 May 1862, aged 29.
Napier died on 20 March 1877 and he is buried with his son James on the west side of Highgate Cemetery.
Gallery
John James Napier (1831-1877) - The First Lesson, the Artist's Wife, Janet Parker Vance Langmuir with their Children, Janet and James - NG 2541 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg|The First Lesson, the Artist's Wife, Janet Parker Vance Langmuir with their Children, Janet and James - National Galleries of Scotland
Sir John Robinson by John James Napier.jpg|Sir John Robinson
Sir James Cosmo Melvill by John James Napier.jpg|Sir James Cosmo Melvill
Grave of John James Napier in Highgate Cemetery.jpg|Grave of John James Napier in Highgate Cemetery
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Category:Burials at Highgate Cemetery
Category:19th-century English painters
Category:English male painters