Thomas Sidney Cooper

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A detail of this portrait was engraved by G. J. Stodart, published R. Bentley, 1890 (example in NPG), where the date of the original was given as 1841; this was confirmed by the vendor. The picture has suffered severely from bitumen, and is in very poor condition, but the face is relatively untouched.

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Healthy complexion, darkish eyes, brown hair. Dressed in a conventional dark suit and neck-tie. Seated in a red-covered chair. Background colour dark brown.

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Presented by the artist to the sitter; by descent to the sitter's grandson, C. D. Coxon; bequeathed by his wife, Mrs Coxon, to her sister, Mrs F. Powles, and purchased from her, 1945.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, 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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