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Type of entity
Person
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Lauroon, Marcellus (1653–1702), painter and engraver
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Marcellus Lauron
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Description area
Dates of existence
1653 – 11 March 1702
History
Marcellus Laroon the elder was a Dutch-born painter and engraver. He came to England when he was young and spent several years in Yorkshire. By 1674 he had settled in London where he was a member of the Painter-Stainers Company. He was frequently employed to paint draperies for Sir Godfrey Kneller, and was well known as a copyist.
He provided the drawings for the popular series of prints "The Cries of London".
He married the daughter of Jeremiah Keene, a builder, of Little Sutton, near Chiswick, by whom he had a large family, including three sons, who were brought up in his profession.
He died of consumption at Richmond, Surrey on 11 March 1702.