Jonathan Richardson (1665-1745), Portrait painter
Sitter associated with 8 portraits
Artist associated with 120 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'.
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper
by or after Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1710?
NPG 736
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1712
NPG 5067
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1712
NPG 160
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1713-1714
NPG 4447
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1717-1719
On display in Room 10 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4818
by Thomas Hudson, after Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, (circa 1718)
On display on Floor 2: Getting the Picture at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 562
by Jonathan Richardson
pencil, 1720s or 1730s
NPG 4995
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford
attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1725
NPG 1808
attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1725
NPG 17
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and 7th Earl of Winchilsea
attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1726
NPG 3622
Anne Hatton, Countess of Winchilsea
attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1726
NPG 3622a
by Thomas Wright, after Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1728-1736 (circa 1718)
NPG 91
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1729
NPG 706
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1730?
NPG 1493
by Jonathan Richardson
pencil on vellum, 1730
NPG 1831
by Jonathan Richardson
black and red chalk, early 1730s
NPG 1693
by or after Jonathan Richardson
pencil on vellum, 1730s
NPG 1576d
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1730-1734
NPG 3962
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1730s
NPG 5598
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1733
On display in Room 10 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 576
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
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