John Canton
1 portrait
John Canton
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, 1740s
19 1/4 in. x 15 1/2 in. (489 mm x 394 mm)
Given by the sitter's great-grandson, Robert Canton, 1888
Primary Collection
NPG 809
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- John Canton (1718-1772), Electrician, experimental philosopher, schoolmaster. Sitter in 1 portrait.
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This is the only recorded portrait of John Canton. According to Robert Canton, his great-grandson, who gave this head portrait to the National Portrait Gallery in 1888, it was originally a full-length, showing the sitter seated in a chair and, Robert Canton thought, surrounded by mathematical instruments.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 30
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 101
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