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Arthur Murphy

(1727-1805), Writer and actor

Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 7 portraits
Playwright and barrister and in his early years also an actor and journalist. Murphy wrote over twenty farces, comedies and tragedies including Three Weeks after Marriage (1764) and Know Your Own Mind (1777). A friend of Dr Johnson from 1754 and a member of the Club, it was he who was responsible for first introducing Johnson to Henry and Hester Thrale. He wrote a Life of Garrick (1801) and an Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson (1792).

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Arthur Murphy, by Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt) - NPG 10

Arthur Murphy

by Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
oil on canvas, 1777
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 10

Arthur Murphy, by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Samuel Drummond - NPG D13805

Arthur Murphy

by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 31 August 1798
NPG D13805

Arthur Murphy, by William Ward, published by John Peter Thompson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt) - NPG D39100

Arthur Murphy

by William Ward, published by John Peter Thompson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
mezzotint, published 5 October 1805 (1777)
NPG D39100

Arthur Murphy, by William Ward, published by John Peter Thompson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt) - NPG D39101

Arthur Murphy

by William Ward, published by John Peter Thompson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
mezzotint, published 5 October 1805 (1777)
NPG D39101

Arthur Murphy, by William Ward, published by John Peter Thompson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt) - NPG D39102

Arthur Murphy

by William Ward, published by John Peter Thompson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
mezzotint, published 5 October 1805 (1777)
NPG D39102

Arthur Murphy, by Edward Scriven, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Jackson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt) - NPG D39103

Arthur Murphy

by Edward Scriven, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Jackson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1815
NPG D39103

Arthur Murphy, by Edward Scriven, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Jackson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt) - NPG D13850

Arthur Murphy

by Edward Scriven, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Jackson, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1815
NPG D13850

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