Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
(1745-1809), Artist; publisherArtist associated with 221 portraits
Sylvester Harding was a miniaturist and engraver, born in Newcastle-under-Lyme and sent to London to an apprenticeship with a hairdresser as a boy. He ran away at the age of fourteen and spent several years in a company of strolling players before embarking upon a successful career as a miniature painter in 1775. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1777 to 1787. Harding also collaborated on illustrated publications with his brother, a librarian, and his son, an engraver. Published works by Harding include Illustrations from Shakespeare, The Biographical Mirror and Memoirs of Count de Grammont.
Anne Seymour (née Stanhope), Duchess of Somerset
by Thomas Nugent, published by Edward Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, published 1 March 1792
NPG D24869
by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, published by Edward Harding
stipple engraving, published 16 April 1792
NPG D25555
by Edward Harding, published by E. & S. Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Sir Peter Lely
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1792
NPG D29812
by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after John Michael Wright
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D29887
Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford
by Schenecker, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D31108
by Edward Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D33182
by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, published by E. & S. Harding, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D9395
by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, published by E. & S. Harding, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D9396
by Charles Knight, published by E. & S. Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple engraving, published 17 December 1792
NPG D5114
by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D6923
by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, published by Edward Harding, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D6924
by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, published by Edward Harding, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D6925
by Thomas Nugent, published by Edward Evans, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published March 1792 (1626)
NPG D18839
by William Nelson Gardiner, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after Samuel Cooper
stipple engraving, published 1792
NPG D19917
by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, published by E. & S. Harding
stipple engraving, published 29 January 1793
NPG D23753
Anne Neville, Queen of England
by Edward Harding Jr, published by E. & S. Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, published 29 January 1793
NPG D23754
by R. Clamp, published by E. & S. Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, published 20 April 1793
NPG D23807
by Edward Harding, published by E. & S. Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, published 29 March 1793
NPG D23916
Edward (Plantagenet), Earl of Warwick and Salisbury
by Edward Harding, published by E. & S. Harding, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, published 26 March 1793
NPG D23917
by Thomas Nugent, after Silvester (Sylvester) Harding
stipple engraving, published 1793
NPG D24281
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Mr.E.P.Daly
17 April 2018, 17:27
Sylvester Harding painted DavidMurray,7th Viscount Stormont around 1790-91, who would later become 2nd Earl Mansfield. Amongst his many titles Lord Stormont was Chief Justice General of Scotland and a Knight of the Thistle. He was also the uncle of Dido Elizabeth Belle as his cousin was also an aristocrat by the name of Sir John Lindsay KB,Prince of Arcot, Dido's father.
They were both the nephews of William Murray,Lord Mansfield and Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales. His seat was at Kenwood House, Hampstead, then in Middlesex where Lord Stormont was a regular visitor. Dido was raised there with her cousin Elizabeth Mary Murray who was Lord Stormont's daughter from an earlier marriage.