Samuel Richardson
(1689-1761), NovelistEarly Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 9 portraits
Novelist and printer; his three novels Pamela, Clarissa Harlowe and Sir Charles Grandison, enjoyed enormous popularity at home and abroad, and brought him a wide circle of friends and correspondents. For many years he printed the Journals of the House of Commons.
by Joseph Highmore
oil on canvas, circa 1747
NPG 161
by Joseph Highmore
oil on canvas, 1750
NPG 1036
by James Macardell, after Joseph Highmore
mezzotint, (1750)
NPG D39725
by Charles Grignion, after Joseph Highmore
line engraving, (circa 1750)
NPG D13847
by James Macardell, after Joseph Highmore
mezzotint, (1750)
NPG D20083
Samuel Richardson or possibly Zachary Hamlyn
by James Macardell, after Joseph Highmore
mezzotint, 1752
NPG D39726
after Mason Chamberlin
mezzotint, (1754 or before)
NPG D39724
by Joseph Constantine Stadler, published by Sir Richard Phillips, after Susanna Duncombe (née Highmore)
hand-coloured aquatint, published 31 May 1804
NPG D5810
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