George Vertue
(1683-1756), Engraver and antiquaryEarly Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 865 portraits
Antiquary and engraver, who for many years 'wrote down everything he saw, heard or read' in some forty notebooks now in the British Library. Used by Horace Walpole in 1762 as the basis for his Anecdotes of Painting, they remain one of the prime sources for the history of art in England.
by Jonathan Richardson
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1733
NPG 576
'A Conversation of Virtuosis...at the Kings Arms'
by Gawen Hamilton
oil on canvas, 1735
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1384
by George Vertue
pencil and red chalk, 1741
NPG 4876
George Vertue; Margaret Vertue (née Evans)
by William Humphrey, after George Vertue
etching, (1720)
NPG D39238
by George Vertue, after Thomas Gibson
engraving, 1750 (1715)
NPG D18895
by Maxim Gauci, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by Anthony Molteno, after George Vertue
lithograph, published December 1821 (1741)
NPG D21325
by Maxim Gauci, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, published by Anthony Molteno, after George Vertue
lithograph, published December 1821 (1741)
NPG D39237
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