Theodore Jacobsen
Theodore Jacobsen († May 25, 1772 in London ) was an architect of German origin who worked in London.
Life
Nothing is known about Jacobsen's place of birth, presumably London, or education. He is said to have been of Hanseatic origin. His family lived near the Stalhof at the time of the Great Fire of London . An ancestor of the same name was ambassador for the Hanseatic cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck at the court of St. James from 1680–1706 and had a dispute with the cities. As a merchant and architect, he lived on Basinghall Street near the Guildhall . He was favored in from the Hanseatic community of London traffic, Church All Hallows-the-Great in the Thames Street buried. According to Thieme-Becker (1925) , his portrait, painted by Thomas Hudson , was in the Foundling Hospital .
Memberships
- Royal Society
- Society of Artists
- Society of Arts
Works
- Foundling Hospital
- Haslar Hospital near Gosport
literature
- Thieme-Becker : General Lexicon of Fine Artists , Volume 18, Leipzig 1925, p. 255
Web links
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ The merchants of Allmayne, under and of the confederacy Liege and company of the Dutch Hansee, commonly called the Hansee towns, Lubeck, Bremen and Hambrough, appellants , 1728
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jacobsen, Theodore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century or 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1772 |
| Place of death | London |