Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
by Amelia Curran
oil on canvas, 1819
23 1/2 in. x 18 3/4 in. (597 mm x 476 mm)
Bequeathed by the sitter's daughter-in-law, Jane, Lady Shelley, 1899
Primary Collection
NPG 1234
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One of the few portraits of the poet, it was painted in Rome by the art student, Amelia Curran. Though begged from her by Mary Shelley after her husband's death, it was not much liked by his friends.
Related worksback to top
- NPG 1271: Percy Bysshe Shelley (source portrait)
- NPG D14892: Percy Bysshe Shelley (source portrait)
- NPG D6851: Percy Bysshe Shelley (source portrait)
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- Audio Guide
- Holmes, Richard, Insights: The Romantic Poets and Their Circle, 2005, p. 82
- Holmes, Richard; Crane, David; Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, 2002, p. 55
- Motion, Andrew (edited), Interrupted Lives: In Literature, 2004, p. 22
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 561
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 448
- Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantic Icons, 1999, p. 87
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