Marcellus Laroon the Younger

Marcellus Laroon the Younger (2 April 1679 – 1 June 1772) was an English painter and draughtsman of French origin.

[1] He specialized in social genre scenes, and he frequented the world of actors and painters around Covent Garden in London that he painted.

[2] In 1707 he enlisted in the army, participating in campaigns in Flanders, Spain and Scotland.

During a break on half-pay from military life (c. 1712-15) he joined the Rose and Crown Club in London and trained in Godfrey Kneller's Academy of Painting and Drawing.

Most of Laroon's paintings date from after his retirement from the army, with the rank of captain, in 1732.