Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Henry Constantine Jennings (1731-1819), Virtuoso, antiquary and collector
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
c.1799
Drawing by Thomas Lawrence, see NPG 5711.
1814
Engraving after [John?] Beugo, Portraits from Sketches made at Rare Print Sales, including Jennings.
1815
Engraving by E. Dorrell, half length, looking at a pastoral print on a table (illus. Jnl. of the History of Collections, 14, no.2, 2002, p 215), reissued 1829 (Faulkner’s Chelsea). A version, showing the stick under his right arm and the print in his hands, engraved R. Cooper 1820 as The Remarkable Virtuoso.
Doubtful Portraits
‘Master H. C. Jennings’ painted by P. Condé, exhibited RA 1806 (763).
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 Thomas Lawrence, see NPG 5711.
1814
Engraving after [John?] Beugo, Portraits from Sketches made at Rare Print Sales, including Jennings.
1815
Engraving by E. Dorrell, half length, looking at a pastoral print on a table (illus. Jnl. of the History of Collections, 14, no.2, 2002, p 215), reissued 1829 (Faulkner’s Chelsea). A version, showing the stick under his right arm and the print in his hands, engraved R. Cooper 1820 as The Remarkable Virtuoso.
Doubtful Portraits
‘Master H. C. Jennings’ painted by P. Condé, exhibited RA 1806 (763).
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.