Sir Henry Holland, 1st Bt
1 of 6 portraits by Thomas Brigstocke
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Henry Holland, 1st Bt
by Thomas Brigstocke
exhibited 1860
30 in. x 24 7/8 in. (762 mm x 632 mm)
NPG 1656
Inscriptionback to top
Inscribed on a label, formerly on the back of the stretcher, in the artist's hand (referring to the RA exhibition): No 1./"Portrait of Sir Henry Holland/Bart. Phisician [sic] in ordinary to her/Majesty the Queen" - Thomas Brigstocke/21 Upper Belgrave Place Pimlico
This portraitback to top
This was commissioned at the same time as a portrait of Sidney Smith, Holland's father-in-law, which Viscount Knutsford purchased and kept. Gurney and Holland were both well-known travellers, and both were members of the Royal Society. The NPG portrait of Holland was originally three-quarter length. It was cut down on entering the collection; there was originally a globe on the left side, and a table on the right, with a water-colour of a seascape on it.
Referenceback to top
Singh 1907
Prince F. D. Singh, Portraits in Norfolk Houses, edited E. Farrer (1927), I, 343.
Physical descriptionback to top
Healthy complexion, brown eyes, grey hair and whiskers. Dressed in a white shirt, white neck-tie, and black suit. Seated in a green armchair, with wooden arm-ends. Red book at right on edge of brown table. Rest of background brown.
Provenanceback to top
Commissioned by Hudson Gurney; purchased from his son, J. H. Gurney, by the sitter's son, Henry, 1st Viscount Knutsford, 1912, and presented by him in the same year.
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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