'A Conversation of Virtuosis...at the Kings Arms'

1 portrait of Matthew Robinson

by Gawen Hamilton
oil on canvas, 1735
34 1/2 in. x 43 7/8 in. (876 mm x 1115 mm)
Purchased, 1904
Primary Collection
NPG 1384

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Gawen Hamilton (1697?-1737), Portrait painter. Artist of 1 portrait, Sitter in 1 portrait.

Bernard Baron (1696-1762), Engraver. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist associated with 36 portraits.
Charles Bridgeman (died 1738), Landscape gardener. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Michael Dahl (1659-1743), Portrait painter. Sitter in 2 portraits, Artist associated with 168 portraits.
James Gibbs (1682-1754), Architect. Sitter associated with 12 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.
Joseph Goupy (1689-1769), Watercolour painter. Sitter in 2 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.
Gawen Hamilton (1697?-1737), Portrait painter. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist of 1 portrait.
Hans Hysing (1678-1752 or 1753), Portrait painter. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist associated with 36 portraits.
William Kent (1685?-1748), Architect. Sitter associated with 8 portraits, Artist associated with 4 portraits.
Matthew Robinson (1694-1778), Artist. Sitter in 1 portrait.
John Michael Rysbrack (1694-1770), Sculptor. Sitter in 7 portraits, Artist associated with 16 portraits.
William Thomas (1676-circa 1765), Architect. Sitter in 1 portrait.
George Vertue (1683-1756), Engraver and antiquary. Sitter in 7 portraits, Artist associated with 842 portraits.
John Wootton (circa 1682-1764), Painter of sporting subjects and landscapes. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist associated with 6 portraits.

Painted in 1734-5 to 'promote his interest' (the completed picture was raffled, each sitter paying four guineas).

Gibson, Robin, The Face in the Corner: Animal Portraits from the Collections of the National Portrait Gallery, 1998, p. 36
Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 67
Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 340
Piper, David, Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963, p. 101
Rideal, Liz, Insights: Self-portraits, 2005, p. 48
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 712
Simon, Jacob, The Art of the Picture Frame: Artists, Patrons and the Framing of Portraits in Britain, 1997 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 8 November 1996 - 9 February 1997), p. 44