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Andrew Plimer (baptized 29 December 1763 – 29 January 1837) was a British artist, whose brother wasNathaniel Plimer, also a painter of miniatures.
Although originally stated in theDictionary of National Biography to have been born inBridgwater, Somerset, he has been more recently established to have been born inWellington, Shropshire, where he wasbaptised on 29 December 1763, younger son of Nathaniel Plimer (born 1726), a clockmaker, and his wife, variously named as Mary Elizabeth or Eliza.[1]
He and older brother Nathaniel trained as clockmakers but both ran away from home and travelled for over two years inWales and the west of England with a troupe ofGypsies. About 1781 they settled in London where Andrew took up work as a manservant toRichard Cosway, who later trained him in portrait painting.[1]
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Plimer specialised inportrait miniatures. His work was exhibited at theRoyal Academy from 1768 to 1810 and in 1819. His most famous painting is of the three daughters ofSir John Rushout. His brother Nathaniel Plimer also became a pupil of Cosway and a painter of miniatures.[1]
Plimer married on 21 February 1801, Joanna Louisa, daughter of John and Frances Knight ofWicken, Northamptonshire.[1] The couple had one son who died in infancy and four daughters. He died in Western Cottages, Western Road,Brighton, Sussex, in January 1837 aged 73 and was buried on 4 February atOld Hove.[1]
His wife's younger sisterMary Ann Knight, another miniaturist, was a pupil and friend of Plimer.[1]
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