Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Sir John Hawkins (1719-1789), Writer

Writer and magistrate; Kt 1772 as ‘the best magistrate in the kingdom’; compiled a General History of Music 1776, and wrote the first life of Dr Johnson, incorporated in Johnson’s Works 1787-89, of which he was an editor.


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.