Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Robert Adam (1728-1792), Architect
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Architect, 2nd son of William Adam, architect of Edinburgh, brother of the architects John and James Adam; in Italy 1755-57; FRS 1761; Architect of the King’s Works 1761-68; MP 1768-74.
‘I see ... why nobody could hit the likeness. The features were hard and irregular, and at the same time expressed the utmost sweetness, spirit and genius’ (John Clerk, 1792).
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.
‘I see ... why nobody could hit the likeness. The features were hard and irregular, and at the same time expressed the utmost sweetness, spirit and genius’ (John Clerk, 1792).
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.