Paul Falconer Poole

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Signed and dated (lower right): Portrait of P. F. Poole R A/2 hours sketch./F. H. 1879

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Presented at the same time as drawings of Francis and Frank Holl (NPG 2530 and 2531).

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Bluish(?) eyes, brown hair, grey beard. Background colour dark green; unfinished areas of canvas white.

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The artist, presented by his sister-in-law, Mrs Ellen Holl, and her daughter, Mrs Constance Baker, 1932.


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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