Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Bt (1736-1811), Prime Minister of Naples
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c.1790
Drawing by Carlo Marsigli, three-quarter length standing wearing the ribbon and star of St Januarius and the badge of St Stephen. Engraved F. Bartolozzi c.1790 (Lieutenant Général de la Marine, Conseiller et Secretaire d'Etat de Sa Majesté Sicilienne ayant le Département des Affaires Etrangeres, de la Guerre de la Marine, et du Commerce, &c).
Painting by G. M. Griffoni, half length wearing the ribbon and star of St Januarius and the badge of St Stephen. Coughton Court.
c.1793
Miniature by P. E. Stroehling, see NPG 4082.
1795
Marble bust by Antonio d’Este, wearing the ribbon and star of St Januarius and the badge of the Gold Cross of Malta(?), inscribed and dated, Christie's 8 December 1981, lot 130, from the collection of the Hon. Robert Acton.
c.1800
Miniature by N-F. Dun, half length, blue coat with the ribbon and star of St Januarius and the badge of St Stephen. Sotheby’s, Geneva, 13-15 November 1995, lot 286.
1802
Unattributed painting, dated and illegibly signed, three-quarter length standing, wearing the ribbon and star of St Ferdinand, the star of St Januarius, the blue ribbon and star of an unidentified Order, and the badge of St Stephen; a distant view of Naples. Private collection (illus. P. Gunn, The Actons, 1978, f.p.102).
Undated
Unattributed miniature, bust length. Coughton Court (Coughton Court guide, 1997, p 9). Possibly that exhibited SKM 1865 (2917) lent H. E. Acton.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
Drawing by Carlo Marsigli, three-quarter length standing wearing the ribbon and star of St Januarius and the badge of St Stephen. Engraved F. Bartolozzi c.1790 (Lieutenant Général de la Marine, Conseiller et Secretaire d'Etat de Sa Majesté Sicilienne ayant le Département des Affaires Etrangeres, de la Guerre de la Marine, et du Commerce, &c).
Painting by G. M. Griffoni, half length wearing the ribbon and star of St Januarius and the badge of St Stephen. Coughton Court.
c.1793
Miniature by P. E. Stroehling, see NPG 4082.
1795
Marble bust by Antonio d’Este, wearing the ribbon and star of St Januarius and the badge of the Gold Cross of Malta(?), inscribed and dated, Christie's 8 December 1981, lot 130, from the collection of the Hon. Robert Acton.
c.1800
Miniature by N-F. Dun, half length, blue coat with the ribbon and star of St Januarius and the badge of St Stephen. Sotheby’s, Geneva, 13-15 November 1995, lot 286.
1802
Unattributed painting, dated and illegibly signed, three-quarter length standing, wearing the ribbon and star of St Ferdinand, the star of St Januarius, the blue ribbon and star of an unidentified Order, and the badge of St Stephen; a distant view of Naples. Private collection (illus. P. Gunn, The Actons, 1978, f.p.102).
Undated
Unattributed miniature, bust length. Coughton Court (Coughton Court guide, 1997, p 9). Possibly that exhibited SKM 1865 (2917) lent H. E. Acton.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.