John Westbrooke Chandler

[1] As a portrait painter, his surviving works exhibit the influence of many of the leading painters of the late eighteenth century, including Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, John Hoppner and Thomas Lawrence.

Although previous biographies have suggested that Chandler died in confinement between 1804-5, the reappearance of his obituary written in the Staffordshire Advertiser dated 25 April 1807 has dispelled this myth.

Chandler spent the last years of his life living in Stroud, Gloucestershire, where he is said to have painted his final pictures for local patrons.

Records show that Chandler had lent money to Godwin, alongside painting his portrait which is now held in the collection of Tate Britain.

[2] In 1800 he wrote a neo-gothic ballad 'Sir Hubert' which was dedicated to Earl of Warwick, his natural father or half-brother.