Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Sir William Fawcett (1727-1804), General
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
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c.1770
Painting by J. G. Ziesenis, bust length in officer’s uniform, red coat with dark lapels trimmed with gold. Sotheby’s, 19-20 February 1997, lot 216.
1784-85
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, see NPG 5515.
c.1786-90
Miniature attributed to Philip Jean, bust length with the badge of the Bath, wearing scarlet military coat with blue facings and silver epaulettes. Christie’s, 19 February 1980, lot 63.
Undated
Anon. bust-length silhouette, formerly in the Nevill Jackson collection (illus. Connoisseur, XC, 1932, p 363).
As adjutant general, Fawcett stands in the foreground of William Beechey’s George III at a Review.
Doubtful Portrait
Pastel by John Russell, sold Georges Petit, Paris, 10-11 December 1928, lot 50.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
Painting by J. G. Ziesenis, bust length in officer’s uniform, red coat with dark lapels trimmed with gold. Sotheby’s, 19-20 February 1997, lot 216.
1784-85
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, see NPG 5515.
c.1786-90
Miniature attributed to Philip Jean, bust length with the badge of the Bath, wearing scarlet military coat with blue facings and silver epaulettes. Christie’s, 19 February 1980, lot 63.
Undated
Anon. bust-length silhouette, formerly in the Nevill Jackson collection (illus. Connoisseur, XC, 1932, p 363).
As adjutant general, Fawcett stands in the foreground of William Beechey’s George III at a Review.
Doubtful Portrait
Pastel by John Russell, sold Georges Petit, Paris, 10-11 December 1928, lot 50.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.