Regency Portraits Catalogue
William Huskisson (1770-1830), Statesman
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Statesman, President of the Board of Trade 1823-7; he was run over at the opening ceremony of the Manchester and Liverpool railway.
'Tall, slouching and ignoble-looking … with a downcast look' (Greville).
'... the glorious Gothic head ... and small labour of the barber' (Biographical Memoir, p 262).
'Tall, slouching and ignoble-looking … with a downcast look' (Greville).
'... the glorious Gothic head ... and small labour of the barber' (Biographical Memoir, p 262).
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Fay 1951C. R. Fay, Huskisson and his Age, 1951.
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.