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Joseph Addison
1 of 21 portraits on display in Room 9 at the National Portrait Gallery
Joseph Addison
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1703-1712
36 in. x 28 in. (914 mm x 711 mm)
Given by The Art Fund, 1945
Primary Collection
NPG 3193
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Sitterback to top
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Essayist and poet. Sitter associated with 24 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (1646-1723), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 1666 portraits, Sitter associated with 30 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG 283: Joseph Addison (after)
- NPG D11504: Joseph Addison (source portrait)
- NPG D20398: Joseph Addison (source portrait)
- NPG D19260: Joseph Addison (source portrait)
- NPG D18885: Joseph Addison (source portrait)
- NPG D33126: Joseph Addison (source portrait)
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 1
- Piper, David, The English Face, 1992, p. 108
- Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 1
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 5
- Uglow, Jenny, Character Sketches: Dr Johnson, His Club and Other Friends, 1998, p. 5
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