Oliver Goldsmith
(1728-1774), WriterMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 10 portraits
Irish-born author and playwright. Though awkward in manner, he was a much loved member of the Club, and Johnson saved him from debtor's prison by selling his novel The Vicar of Wakefield in 1762. His best-known comedy is She Stoops to Conquer, 1773.
after Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, 1770-1830, based on a work of 1769-1770
NPG 828
by Unknown artist
watercolour and Chinese white on laid paper, circa 1770?
NPG 676
by James Bretherton, after Henry William Bunbury
etching, late 18th century
NPG D13797
by John Summerfield, by Robert Newton, published by William Cribb, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line engraving, published 4 June 1817 (1770)
NPG D13949
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Hodgson, Boys & Graves, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1835 (1770)
NPG D2445
'A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's'
by D. George Thompson, published by Owen Bailey, after James William Edmund Doyle
stipple and line engraving, published 1 October 1851
NPG D14518
by Abraham Wivell, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, (1770)
NPG D19813
by James Bretherton, after Henry William Bunbury
etching, published 1776
NPG D17847
by John Summerfield, by Robert Newton, published by William Cribb, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line engraving, published 4 June 1817 (1770)
NPG D20123
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