James Northcote
(1746-1831), Painter; pupil and biographer of Sir Joshua ReynoldsSitter associated with 23 portraits
Artist associated with 106 portraits
The history and portrait painter James Northcote was largely self-taught before he joined Sir Joshua Reynolds's studio as a pupil and assistant between 1771 and 1776. He came to consider himself an authority on his master and in 1813, after Reynolds' death, he published his posthumous Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Northcote also advised his patron Sir John Fleming Leicester on the formation of his gallery of contemporary British art and painted grandiose scenes from Shakespeare for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery.
by James Northcote
oil on canvas, feigned incomplete oval, 1778
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by James Northcote
oil on canvas, circa 1785
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by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1799
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by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1802
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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1804
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by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1812-1813
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by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1819
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by James Northcote
oil on linen, 1822
On display at Brantwood, Coniston
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by James Northcote
oil on canvas, 1827
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by James Northcote
pencil, 1829
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by Francis Haward, published by Walter Shropshire, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 20 March 1776
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'The loss of the Halsewell East Indiaman'
by James Gillray, published by Robert Wilkinson, after James Northcote
line engraving, etching and stipple, published 4 June 1787
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The Revolution, 1688 (King William III; Queen Mary II)
by James Parker, published by John Harris, after James Northcote
line engraving, published 1790
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by and published by James Fittler, after James Northcote
line engraving, published March 1792
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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
by Franz Gabriel Fiesinger, after James Northcote
stipple and line engraving, published 8 October 1793
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Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after James Northcote
stipple engraving, after 1794
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John Pollexfen Bastard; Edmund Bastard
by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 1795
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 1796
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 1796
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 1796
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Bellamy, after James Northcote
stipple engraving, published 1 September 1796
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by Konrad Westermayr, probably after James Northcote
stipple engraving, (1796)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, 1797
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Dr Fecknam trying to convert Lady Jane Grey to the Romish faith
by John Ogborne, published by Thomas Simpson, published by Darling & Thompson, after James Northcote
engraving, published 1 April 1798
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Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (Lord Loughborough)
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after James Northcote
line engraving and etching, (circa 1798)
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Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, 1st Bt
by Henry Bone, after James Northcote
pencil and ink drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1799 (exhibited 1800)
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Sophia Henrietta Whitshed (née Bentinck)
by Henry Bone, after James Northcote
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, after 1800 (exhibited 1800)
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Sophia Henrietta Whitshed (née Bentinck)
by Henry Bone, after James Northcote
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, after 1800 (exhibited 1800)
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Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (Lord Loughborough)
by Francesco Bartolozzi, published by John Jeffryes, after James Northcote
line engraving and etching, published 1 February 1800 (circa 1798)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 1800
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 1800
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, early 19th century
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, early 19th century (1786)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, early 19th century (1785)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, published by John Jeffryes, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 1 June 1802
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by George Dawe, after James Northcote
mezzotint, (1802)
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by and published by George Dawe, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 4 October 1802 (1802)
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