Unknown man, formerly known as Sir Joshua Reynolds
2 of 40 portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Unknown man, formerly known as Sir Joshua Reynolds
by Unknown artist
circa 1770
2 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in. (64 mm x 57 mm) oval
NPG 1761b
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Offered as a portrait of Edmund Burke, NPG 1761b was accepted as a copy of a self portrait by Reynolds, which it evidently isn’t.
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Presented by the 1st Baron Weardale 1915.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, 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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