is the only contemporary biography. This was edited and privately published in the 1870s and republished in 2005. He also knew William Blake and commissioned copies of some of his illustrated books. At least one of Blake's letters to him is a significant document for Blake's biographers. India From 1785 to 1787, he travelled to India, producing many miniatures and sketches. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1791. In 1792 he was appointed Portrait Painter in Crayons to the King. Most of his many portraits of the Royal Family are still in the Royal Collection. His sight finally failed in 1797, and he died in 1810 in Hampstead, north London. The bulk of his possessions came into the hands of his natural son, William Upcott, the book collector. From him the British Museum acquired a large number of papers relating to Humphry. He is alluded to in some lines by Hayley. References External links 7 works by Humphry (and many prints after him) from the National Portrait Gallery Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections 1742 births 1810 deaths 18th-century English painters 19th-century English painters 18th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists English male painters People from Honiton English portrait painters Portrait miniaturists Royal Academicians