Joseph Nollekens (1737-1823), Sculptor
Sitter in 14 portraits
Artist associated with 20 portraits
The sculptor Nollekens built his reputation on the production of portrait busts. While studying the antique and practising in Rome between 1762 and 1770, Nollekens established a network of aristocratic British patrons. After returning to Britain in 1770, he was elected a Royal Academician and quickly became London's most fashionable sculptor. In the 1770s and 1780s he produced several Neo-classical marbles and developed a brisk trade in church monuments.
The Academicians of the Royal Academy
by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
watercolour and ink, (1772)
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Key to 'The Academicians of the Royal Academy'
by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
pencil, circa 1773
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by Lemuel Francis Abbott
oil on canvas, circa 1797
On display in Room 19 at the National Portrait Gallery
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by James Lonsdale
oil on canvas, circa 1818
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The Academicians of the Royal Academy
by Richard Earlom, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
mezzotint, published 1773
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Joseph Nollekens with a bust of Charles James Fox
by Giovanni Vendramini, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 21 October 1816 (circa 1797)
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by Charles Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
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by Charles Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
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'[Frontispiece to hints to J. Nollekens, Esq RA]'
by James Sayers, published by R. Spencer
soft-ground etching, published 19 July 1808
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by Charles Turner, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1814
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by Charles Turner, published by Abraham Wivell, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 24 December 1814
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by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, published 1854 (11 February 1810)
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Joseph Nollekens with a bust of Charles James Fox
by Giovanni Vendramini, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 21 October 1816 (circa 1797)
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Joseph Nollekens with a bust of Charles James Fox
by Giovanni Vendramini, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 21 October 1816 (circa 1797)
NPG D19817
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