Sir William Bolland

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Head and shoulders to right aged about 60, in dark greenish-grey coat with black velvet collar, white neckcloth and bow-tie; grey hair and whiskers, black eyebrows, grey eyes, fresh complexion; plain brown background, green curtain to left.

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Painted for Henry Frederick Stephenson MP and given by his son Sir Augustus Stephenson KCB in 1884.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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