samuel
lane
Samuel Lane (1780–1859): Truthful Likenesses and Victorian Portraiture Samuel Lane was an English portrait painter born in King’s Lynn on July 26, 1780. A profound deafness acquired during childhood profoundly shaped his life trajectory, influencing not only his personal experiences but also fundamentally altering the …
A portrait built from samuel lane's own colours
Every 4 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
