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1697–1756 · United Kingdom
John Theodore Heins was a prolific portrait painter who dominated Norwich's civic art scene for over a decade in the 18th century.
John Theodore Heins (c. 1697–1756) was a painter and engraver, probably of German birth, but active in Great Britain. He settled in Norwich and by 1720 was working on a series of portraits of members of prominent local families. == Life == Heins was working in Norwich from around 1720. He is recorded as living in Hog Hill in the city in 1729 when he held a raffle, with three of his pictures as prizes. Some of his early works are signed "D. Heins"; the "D" is thought to stand…
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