Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

John Carr (1723-1807), Architect

Architect, ‘invariably competent and scholarly’; from 1750 lived in York where he was lord mayor 1770 and 1785; retired to Horbury, his native village, 1789; d. Askham Richard, York.


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.