Jonathan Richardson
(1667-1745), Portrait painterSitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 126 portraits
One of the most successful native-born portraitists of the first decades of the eighteenth century, Richardson was the master of Thomas Hudson and George Knapton. He owned a superb collection of Old Master drawings. His Theory of Painting published in 1715, inspired the young Joshua Reynolds to become an artist. Richardson was exceptionally fond of drawing portraits of himself and his close friends; Horace Walpole later commented that 'after his retirement form the business the good old man seems to have amused himself with writing a short poem and drawing his own or his son's portrait every day'.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1738
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by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1738
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attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1738
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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1738
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by George Vertue, after Jonathan Richardson, after a bust attributed to Edward Pearce
line engraving and etching, (circa 1660)
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by Robert White, after Jonathan Richardson
line engraving, published 1700
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by Francis Kyte, after Jonathan Richardson
mezzotint, early to mid 18th century
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by George Vertue, after Jonathan Richardson
line engraving, early to mid 18th century
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by George Vertue, after Jonathan Richardson
line engraving, early to mid 18th century
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by George Vertue, after Jonathan Richardson
line engraving, early to mid 18th century
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by John Simon, after Jonathan Richardson
mezzotint, circa 1700-1725
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by George White, after Jonathan Richardson
mezzotint, circa 1700-1725
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by John Simon, after Jonathan Richardson
mezzotint, circa 1700-1725
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John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
by Edward Francis Finden, after Jonathan Richardson
stipple engraving, (1703-1705)
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George Granville, Baron Lansdowne
after a painting attributed to Jonathan Richardson
line and stipple engraving, (circa 1710)
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David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow
by John Smith, after Jonathan Richardson
mezzotint, 1711
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by George Vertue, after Jonathan Richardson
line engraving, engraved 1712
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