Regency Portraits Catalogue

John Hookham Frere (1769-1846), Diplomat and writer

c.1814
Sketch from the life by J. M. Wright as 'Bearer of the Dispatches of the Victories of Vittoria & Orthes', engraved as stipple vignette by J. Maile published 1 May 1814.

1815-1820
Oil by Margaret Carpenter exhibited 'The Portrait Surveyed' Agnews 1980 (17), three-quarter-length in black coat aged 25-30.

1821
Oil sketch by Pieneman at Apsley House, head and shoulders signed and dated 1821; sketch for Pieneman's 'Battle of Waterloo' in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.




This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.