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John Astley (painter)
John Astley (24 June 1724 – 14 November 1787) was an English portrait painter and amateur architect, known for his "patronage among a vast circle of fashion" as well as a fortune acquired through marriage.〔Henry Charles William Angelo, ''Reminiscences: With Memories His Late Father and Friends'' (Coburn 1828), page 224〕〔His christening date, 1 April 1724, given in ''England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975'', accessed on familysearch.org on 1 April 2011〕
==Early life==
Born in Wem, Shropshire, England, John Astley was a son of an apothecary, Richard Astley (1671–1754), and his wife, Margaret (1685–1735).〔Mother's name and christening date, 1 April 1724, given in ''England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975'', accessed on familysearch.org on 1 April 2011〕〔Father's profession cited in Samuel Redgrave's ''A Dictionary of Artists of the English School'' (G. Bell, 1878), page 14〕 Among his siblings was a brother Richard, also a physician, whose estate he inherited.〔Edward Edwards and Horace Walpole, ''(Anecdotes of Painters Who Have Resided or Been Born in England )'' (Leigh and Sotheby, 1808), page 126〕
Due to his good looks, he was known as ''Beau Astley''.〔John Doran, ''Mann and Manners at the Court of Florence, 1740–1786'' (R. Bentley, 1876), page 351〕 Some period sources also call him ''Jack Astley''. A biographer of Sir Joshua Reynolds described Astley as "a gasconading spendthrift and a beau of the flashiest order".〔<''A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.'' (H. Graves and Co., Limited, 1899), page 36〕
Several jaundiced contemporary accounts of Astley's character exist, notably a lengthy observation by John Williams, (aka Anthony Pasquin), who wrote: "He thought that every advantage in civil society was compounded in women and wine: and, acting up to this principal of bliss, he gave his body to Euphrosyne, and his intellects to madness. He was as ostentatious as the peacock and as amorous as the Persian Sophi ... he had a haram and a bath at the top of his house, replete with every enticement and blandishment to awaken desire; and thus lived, jocund and thoughtless, until his nerves were unstrung by age; when his spirits decayed with his animal powers, and he sighed and drooped into eternity!"〔Anthony Pasquin (pseudonym of John Williams), ''Memoirs of the Royal Academicians and an Authentic History of the Artists of Ireland'' (London, 1796)〕
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