Samuel Palmer

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Inscribed in pencil (bottom left): S. Palmer R W S and (bottom right): by C. W. Cope RA

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The donors were almost certainly descendants of either Richard or Samuel Redgrave, both of whom were friendly with Palmer. Cope executed other drawings of artists, also in the NPG (see NPG 3182(1-19), 'Drawings of Artists, c1862').

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The Misses F. M. and E. Redgrave, presented by them, 1927.

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Palmer Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1926 (10).


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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