Mauritius Lowe (1746–1793) was a British painter and engraver.
Lowe was one of the first students at the Royal Academy of Arts. While there he was awarded a gold medal, along with John Bacon and James Gandon. As a reward for his performance at the Academy, in 1771 Lowe was offered a "Traveling Studentship", a sponsorship to study art abroad for three years. His allowance was later forfeited however for misconduct. Lowe was friends with the writer and poet Samuel Johnson.
![The Artist Assaulted by Time, Ignorance and Envy by Mauritius Lowe, Yale Center for British Art](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8e8767_a5fbd9af36d64b41a446f2ecc9b97c7f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_980,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/8e8767_a5fbd9af36d64b41a446f2ecc9b97c7f~mv2.jpg)
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