Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Milbourn, John
MILBOURN, JOHN (fl. 1773–1790), portrait-painter, was a pupil of Francis Cotes, R.A. He was awarded a small premium by the Society of Arts in 1764, and exhibited crayon portraits at the Royal Academy in 1772, 1773, and 1774. Two fancy subjects, ‘Courtship’ and ‘Matrimony,’ engraved by T. Gaugain from pictures by Milbourn, were published in 1789.
[Redgrave's Dict. of Artists; Royal Academy Catalogues; Premiums offered by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c., 1764.]