Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Nevil Maskelyne (1732-1811), Astronomer Royal
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
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c.1775
Drawing attributed to John Russell, bust length with wig. Private collection. See NPG 1075.
1785
Painting by L. F. van der Puyl, three-quarter length seated in clerical gown, holding a diagram lettered PRISMATIC MICRO[SCOPE], above a book lettered: [MASK]ELINE’S/OBSERVATIONS/GREENWICH; a distant view of the Greenwich Observatory. Royal Society (illus. N. H. Robinson, Royal Society Catalogue of Portraits, 1980, p 214). Exhibited Second special exhibition of National Portraits (William and Mary to MDCCC), South Kensington,1867 (817). Engraved E. Scriven (bust length).
1801
Miniatures by William Theed and Mary Byrne, bust-length ovals in gown and bands. Private collection.
Pastel by John Russell, half-length oval, with a distant view of the Greenwich Observatory. Private collection (illus. M. Arnold Forster, Basset Down, 1950, p 39). Engraved anon. 1804 (European Mag. 1805); R. Page 1815.
Doubtful Portraits
Painting by John Downman 1779, half length, National Maritime Museum (BHC 2854), but Howse subsequently doubted the identity (letter, 19 April 1997; NPG archive).
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 attributed to John Russell, bust length with wig. Private collection. See NPG 1075.
1785
Painting by L. F. van der Puyl, three-quarter length seated in clerical gown, holding a diagram lettered PRISMATIC MICRO[SCOPE], above a book lettered: [MASK]ELINE’S/OBSERVATIONS/GREENWICH; a distant view of the Greenwich Observatory. Royal Society (illus. N. H. Robinson, Royal Society Catalogue of Portraits, 1980, p 214). Exhibited Second special exhibition of National Portraits (William and Mary to MDCCC), South Kensington,1867 (817). Engraved E. Scriven (bust length).
1801
Miniatures by William Theed and Mary Byrne, bust-length ovals in gown and bands. Private collection.
Pastel by John Russell, half-length oval, with a distant view of the Greenwich Observatory. Private collection (illus. M. Arnold Forster, Basset Down, 1950, p 39). Engraved anon. 1804 (European Mag. 1805); R. Page 1815.
Doubtful Portraits
Painting by John Downman 1779, half length, National Maritime Museum (BHC 2854), but Howse subsequently doubted the identity (letter, 19 April 1997; NPG archive).
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.