Regency Portraits Catalogue
Henry Grattan (1746-1820), Irish statesman
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Irish statesman and champion of Irish legislative independence.
'In his walk he had a very singular rising on his toe, holding up his gown in a bundle behind him with both hands, - high cheek bones and large expressive dark eyes' (John O'Keeffe, Recollections, 1826, I, p 262).
'In his walk he had a very singular rising on his toe, holding up his gown in a bundle behind him with both hands, - high cheek bones and large expressive dark eyes' (John O'Keeffe, Recollections, 1826, I, p 262).
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Gandon & Mulvaney 1846Gandon & Mulvaney, Life of James Gandon, 1846.
Grattan 1839-46
Henry Grattan (his son), Memoirs, 1839-46.
Gwynn 1939
Stephen Gwynn, Life and Times of H. Grattan, 1939.
Hardy 1812
Francis Hardy, Memoirs of Lord Charlemont, 2 vols., 1812.
Webster 1970
Mary Webster, Francis Wheatley, 1970.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.