page_title: Edward Francis Burney
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Francis Burney / Life
caption_attribution_description: English: Plate II, page xviii, from "An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey, and the Pantheon, May 26, 27, 29 and June 3, 5, 1784, in Commemoration of Handel" by Charles Burney showing the monument to George Frideric Handel in Westminster Abbey with the plaque recording his Commemoration
context_page_description: Edward Francis Burney was an English artist. His middle name is sometimes given as "Francisco" or "Francesco".
context_section_description: Burney was born in Worcester on 7 September 1760, the son of Richard Burney and Elizabeth Humphries. The musicologist Charles Burney was his uncle and the writer  Frances (or "Fanny") Burney was his cousin. He  studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1776, where he received encouragement from  Sir Joshua Reynolds.
  He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1780 until 1803. His work included historical subjects and portraits of friends and family. A portrait of his cousin Frances was engraved as a frontispiece to her works, and in 1780 he exhibited three drawings illustrating  her novel Evelina, which were engraved for a 1791 edition of the work. Much of his work was done for book illustrations, including a series for an edition of Milton's Paradise Lost.
caption: The monument to George Frideric Handel in Westminster Abbey with the plaque recording his Commemoration,  from "An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey, and the Pantheon, May 26, 27, 29 and June 3, 5, 1784, in Commemoration of Handel" by Charles Burney.
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