Regency Portraits Catalogue

Maria Theresa Kemble (1774-1838), Actress; wife of Charles Kemble

1792
Miniature by John Hayter exhibited RA 1792 (294).

1795
Portrait by Thomas Kearsley exhibited RA 1795 (237).

1798-1801
Miniatures by J. Barry exhibited RA 1798 (772) and 1801 (770), the latter in the Bayne-Powell collection and engraved by Ridley for The Monthly Mirror, 30 November 1801.

1802-3
Miniatures by Miss Paye exhibited RA 1802 (709) and 1803 (771), engraved R. M. Paye 1805.

1811
Miniature by Mrs Green exhibited RA 1811 (600).

Undated
Pastel drawing by De Wilde in V&A Museum, Dyce Collection (823).

Pastel by John Hayter reproduced in Connoisseur, LXVII, December 1923, p 199.

In character
Portraits in character parts are in the Garrick Club by De Wilde (as 'Patie' and 'Mistress Ford'), and Lillian Hall, Catalogue of Dramatic Portraits in … Harvard College Library lists 20 popular prints, one of the best being Vendramini's stipple after Philip Jean's miniature exhibited RA 1802, Miss De Camp as 'Urania'.



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.