Joseph Wilton (1722-1803), Sculptor
Sitter in 9 portraits
Artist associated with 7 portraits
Joseph Wilton was the leading British-born sculptor to be working in London in the second half of the eighteenth century. He was a member of the Royal Society of Arts and a founder member of the Royal Academy, where he was appointed Keeper in 1790. Eighteenth-century commentators compared him to Phidias, Michelangelo and Bernini, the most revered sculptors of the classical, renaissance and baroque periods.
attributed to Charles Grignion
chalk, circa 1771
NPG 4314
The Academicians of the Royal Academy
by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
watercolour and ink, (1772)
NPG 1437
Key to 'The Academicians of the Royal Academy'
by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
pencil, circa 1773
NPG 1437a
Sir William Chambers; Joseph Wilton; Sir Joshua Reynolds
by John Francis Rigaud
oil on canvas, 1782
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 987
The Academicians of the Royal Academy
by Richard Earlom, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
mezzotint, published 1773
NPG D21304
by Charles Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
NPG D10716
by Charles Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
NPG D36021
by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, published 15 March 1810 (30 March 1793)
NPG D12153
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