Edward Gibbon
1 portrait
Edward Gibbon
by Unknown artist
black chalk with white heightening, the hand and ears in sanguine, with pink crayon on the cheeks, on laid grey paper, circa 1785-1790
7 1/4 in. x 5 3/4 in. (184 mm x 146 mm)
Bequeathed by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, 1971
Primary Collection
NPG 4854
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Sitterback to top
- Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), Historian; author of 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. Sitter in 14 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 204
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 244
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