1781, London — 1829, Kentish Town (near London)

Painter, draughtsman; portraitist. Son and student of engraver F. Dawe. Elder brother of engraver Henry Edward Dawe. Studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in London (1803). Academician (1813). Honourary member of the academies of arts of Florence, Dresden, Stockholm and Paris. Worked in Russia at the invitation of Emperor Alexander I (1819). Together with his Russian assistances Alexander Polyakov and Vasily Golike created 322 portraits of Russian generals for the Military Gallery in the Winter Palace. Produced many paintings on commission. Honourary associate member of the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg (1820). First portrait painter of the Imperial Court (1828). Returned to London (1829).