Sir Charles Lock Eastlake

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Comparison with other portraits of Eastlake leaves no doubt that this drawing does represent him. It is almost certain that a water-colour sketch of Rome in the same sketch-book as this drawing is by Eastlake. Both sitter and artist were in Rome at this time.

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Purchased from the artist's collateral descendant, Mrs Ursula Richmond, 1955.

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British Portraits, RA, 1956-7 (724); The Victorian Vision of Italy, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, 1968 (3).


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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