Douglas William Jerrold

Inscriptionback to top

Signed and dated (bottom right): Daniel Macnee R.S.A./1853.

This portraitback to top

The donor wrote about this portrait (letter of 28 June 1869, NPG archives): 'Only two portraits were ever painted of the famous wit, - & this is certainly the better. I have the two in my house.' Another portrait by Macnee was exhibited RA, 1852 (609), unless this is the NPG portrait, which was subsequently re-dated.

Physical descriptionback to top

Blue-grey eyes, brown hair with grey streaks. Dressed in a dark stock, white shirt, green and gold figured waistcoat, silver watch-chain, dark coat and trousers. Seated in a red chair. Green landscape to left. Rest of background brown.

Provenanceback to top

W. H. Dixon, FSA, presented by him, 1869.


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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