Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
William Boyce (1711-1779), Organist and composer
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- Biography and References
Organist and composer; composer to the King 1736; organist at the Chapel Royal 1758; wrote the air for Heart of Oak; published Lyra Britannica from 1745, and edited Cathedral Music 1760-78; his later life affected by deafness.
‘mild and gentle in deportment, above all resentment against such as envied his reputation, communicative of his knowledge, sedulous and punctual in the discharge of his duties’ (Sir John Hawkins, 1788).
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.
‘mild and gentle in deportment, above all resentment against such as envied his reputation, communicative of his knowledge, sedulous and punctual in the discharge of his duties’ (Sir John Hawkins, 1788).
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.