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Tiberius Cavallo
12 of 15 portraits on display in Room 13 at the National Portrait Gallery
Tiberius Cavallo
by Unknown artist
oil on oak panel, circa 1790
23 1/4 in. x 19 1/4 in. (591 mm x 489 mm)
Purchased, 1905
Primary Collection
NPG 1412
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To reflect Cavallo's dual talents, this portrait shows him with the twin-plate frictional electrical machine which he had recently invented and, behind him on the chair, an artist's palette.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 95
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 110
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