Sir Anthony Panizzi

Inscriptionback to top

Signed (lower right): Ape
Inscribed on the mount: Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B./January 17, 1874.

This portraitback to top

This is one of a large collection of original studies for Vanity Fair, which were all owned and specially mounted by the first proprietor of the magazine, Thomas Bowles. The water-colour of Panizzi was published as a coloured lithograph on 17 January 1874, as no. LXXVII of 'Men of the Day', with the title, 'Books'.

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Healthy complexion, grey hair and white beard. Dressed in a dark grey suit and waistcoat. Holding a reddish book on a table, with a walking stick. Colour of floor reddish-brown, and of background blue.

Provenanceback to top

Thomas Bowles; Vanity Fair Sale, Christie's, 7 March 1912 (lot 587); Messrs Maggs, purchased from them, 1934.


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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