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Tobias George Smollett

(1721-1771), Novelist

Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 8 portraits
With Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson and Laurence Sterne, he was one of the first English novelists, a genre to which he brought vigorous originality and characterisation; his best known works are Roderick Random, 1748 and Humphry Clinker, 1771. He lived mostly abroad from 1763 and died at Monte Nero, near Leghorn.

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Tobias George Smollett

by Unknown artist
watercolour on ivory, before 1763
NPG 7054a

Tobias George Smollett

by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1770
NPG 1110

Tobias George Smollett

by Joseph Collyer the Younger, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1790
NPG D6797

Tobias George Smollett

by William Ridley, published by Charles Cooke
stipple engraving, 1790s-1800s
NPG D6800

Tobias George Smollett

by William Ridley
stipple engraving, 1790s-1800s
NPG D6801

Tobias George Smollett

by Unknown engraver
line engraving
NPG D14013

Tobias George Smollett

by Joseph Collyer the Younger, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1790
NPG D6798

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Tobias George Smollett

by Joseph Collyer the Younger, after Unknown artist
line engraving, published 1790
NPG D6799

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