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Regency Portraits Catalogue

William Shield (1748-1829), Composer

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William Shield

by George Dance
1798
NPG 1159

William Shield

by John Jackson
engraved 1822
NPG 5221

William Shield

by William Brockedon
1826
NPG 2515(11)

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