Joseph Nollekens
(1737-1823), SculptorSitter in 14 portraits
Artist associated with 19 portraits
The sculptor Nollekens built his reputation on the production of portrait busts. While studying the antique and practising in Rome between 1762 and 1770, Nollekens established a network of aristocratic British patrons. After returning to Britain in 1770, he was elected a Royal Academician and quickly became London's most fashionable sculptor. In the 1770s and 1780s he produced several Neo-classical marbles and developed a brisk trade in church monuments.
by Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, circa 1766
NPG 1891
by Edward Hodges Baily, after Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, 1828, based on a work of 1777
NPG 996
after Joseph Nollekens
terracotta bust, 1791
NPG 139
by Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, 1805
NPG 3887
by Dominick Andrew Olivieri, after Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, 1823, based on a work of 1806
NPG 1240
by Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, 1808
NPG 120
William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington
by Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, 1811
NPG 5060
studio of Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, based on a work of circa 1812
NPG 1657
by William Pether, published by John Brydon, after Joseph Nollekens
mezzotint, published January 1792
NPG D37777
by Thomas Gaugain, after Simon de Koster, after Joseph Nollekens
stipple engraving, published 1798
NPG D37778
by Thomas Gaugain, published by John Brydon, sold by Mr Debrett, after Simon de Koster, after Joseph Nollekens
stipple engraving, published 1798
NPG D37779
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford
by A. Smith, after Edward Francisco Burney, after Joseph Nollekens
line engraving, circa 1802
NPG D31619
by James Heath, after Edward Francisco Burney, after Joseph Nollekens
line engraving, (1812)
NPG D40245
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh)
by Georg Siegmund Facius, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Joseph Nollekens
stipple engraving, published 17 December 1814
NPG D37414
by William Thomas Fry, published by and after Abraham Wivell, after Joseph Nollekens
stipple engraving, published 26 June 1815 (1777)
NPG D36539
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by E. Bocquet, after John Taylor, after Joseph Nollekens
stipple engraving, published 1815
NPG D37610
by Joshua (or John) Kirby Baldrey, after Joseph Nollekens
stipple engraving, circa 1815
NPG D40237
by Abraham Wivell, after Joseph Nollekens
stipple engraving, published 1819
NPG D1331
by Abraham Wivell, published by James Asperne, after Joseph Nollekens
stipple engraving, published 1 April 1819
NPG D15781
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