Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey

Sitterback to top

• Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781-1841), Sculptor. Sitter in 11 portraits, Artist associated with 266 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781-1841), Sculptor. Artist associated with 266 portraits, Sitter in 11 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This drawing was probably made the year Chantrey terminated his apprenticeship and set up a studio in Sheffield 'taking portraits in crayon and miniatures', and before he had access to the camera lucida. He had been taught to use pastel and chalks by his friend, the artist John Raphael Smith, who also introduced him to the radical John Horne Tooke, Chantrey's first important subject. On moving to London, Chantrey chose to focus on sculpture.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Rogers, Malcolm, Master Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery, 1993 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 5 August to 23 October 1994), p. 84
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 114
• Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 103

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• From Pencil to Chisel: Sir Francis Chantrey’s Portrait Drawings (2 April 2011 - 20 November 2011)

Subject/Themeback to top

• Self-portraits