John Home Purves
(circa 1816-1867), Colonel and Equerry and Comptroller of the Household to the Duchess of Cambridge; nephew of Lady BlessingtonEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 6 portraits
by Alfred, Count D'Orsay
pencil and chalk, 1838
NPG 4026(49)
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 17 October 1860
NPG Ax50865
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 1860-1861
NPG Ax137871
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 15 May 1861
NPG Ax53047
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (5 March 1838)
NPG D45984
by Richard James Lane, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph with some hand-colouring, (5 March 1838)
NPG D46252
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