Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Sawrey Gilpin (1733-1807), Painter of horses
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Animal painter, younger brother of William Gilpin; studied under Samuel Scott 1749-56 and later patronised by the Duke of Cumberland; exhibited Society of Artists, London, 1762-83, RA 1786-1807; ARA 1795, RA 1797.
‘[a] cripple below - [he] wheels about very easy & cheerful, social & likes to tell stories and tells them well ... always wakes abt 3 in morning & eats apple, piece of bread &c. which removed irritation’ (Joseph Farington, 1799).
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.
‘[a] cripple below - [he] wheels about very easy & cheerful, social & likes to tell stories and tells them well ... always wakes abt 3 in morning & eats apple, piece of bread &c. which removed irritation’ (Joseph Farington, 1799).
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.