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Jonathan Richardson

(1667-1745), Portrait painter

Sitter in 8 portraits
Artist associated with 125 portraits
One of the most successful native-born portraitists of the first decades of the eighteenth century, Richardson was the master of Thomas Hudson and George Knapton. He owned a superb collection of Old Master drawings. His Theory of Painting published in 1715, inspired the young Joshua Reynolds to become an artist. Richardson was exceptionally fond of drawing portraits of himself and his close friends; Horace Walpole later commented that 'after his retirement form the business the good old man seems to have amused himself with writing a short poem and drawing his own or his son's portrait every day'.

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William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, after Jonathan Richardson - NPG 736

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper

after Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1710?
NPG 736

Sir Richard Steele, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 5067

Sir Richard Steele

by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1712
NPG 5067

Sir Richard Steele, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 160

Sir Richard Steele

by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1712
NPG 160

Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Bt, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 4447

Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Bt

by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1713-1714
NPG 4447

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 4818

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork

by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1717-1719
NPG 4818

Matthew Prior, by Thomas Wright, after Jonathan Richardson - NPG 91

Matthew Prior

by Thomas Wright, after Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1728-1736, based on a work of circa 1718
NPG 91

Matthew Prior, by Thomas Hudson, after Jonathan Richardson - NPG 562

Matthew Prior

by Thomas Hudson, after Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, before 1779, based on a work of 1718
NPG 562

Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, attributed to Jonathan Richardson - NPG 1808

Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford

attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1725
NPG 1808

Richard West, attributed to Jonathan Richardson - NPG 17

Richard West

attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1725, based on a work of circa 1725
NPG 17

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and 7th Earl of Winchilsea, attributed to Jonathan Richardson - NPG 3622

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and 7th Earl of Winchilsea

attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, 1726
NPG 3622

Anne Hatton, Countess of Winchilsea, attributed to Jonathan Richardson - NPG 3622a

Anne Hatton, Countess of Winchilsea

attributed to Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1727
NPG 3622a

Jonathan Richardson, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 706

Jonathan Richardson

by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, circa 1729
NPG 706

William Cheselden, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 4995

William Cheselden

by Jonathan Richardson
graphite on vellum, circa 1730
NPG 4995

Jonathan Richardson, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 1831

Jonathan Richardson

by Jonathan Richardson
pencil on vellum, 1730
NPG 1831

Jonathan Richardson, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 1693

Jonathan Richardson

by Jonathan Richardson
black and red chalk, early 1730s
NPG 1693

Jonathan Richardson, by or after Jonathan Richardson - NPG 1576d

Jonathan Richardson

by or after Jonathan Richardson
pencil on vellum, 1730s
NPG 1576d

George Vertue, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 576

George Vertue

by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1733
NPG 576

Sir James Thornhill, after Jonathan Richardson - NPG 3962

Sir James Thornhill

after Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1734
NPG 3962

Jonathan Richardson, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 3779

Jonathan Richardson

by Jonathan Richardson
black chalk heightened with white on blue paper, October 1735
NPG 3779

Jonathan Richardson, by Jonathan Richardson - NPG 3023

Jonathan Richardson

by Jonathan Richardson
pen and pencil, 1736
NPG 3023

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