King William IV

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Inscribed in pencil (lower right): Drawn from King William IIII./with a Camera Lucida,/ten days after he ascended the Throne/by F. Chantrey and middle left, referring to two alternative lines defining the shape of the nose: inner line/the true one

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This 'camera lucida' drawing is related to the marble bust of 1831 in the collection of Lord de L'Isle and Dudley. NPG 316a(141) is a related copy of this drawing.

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The artist, presented by the widow of one of his executors, Mrs George Jones, 1871.


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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