Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Samuel Ireland (1744-1800), Writer and engraver
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Engraver; weaver in Spitalfields who turned to dealing in prints and drawings while practising as a self-taught artist and engraver; exhibited RA 1784 and contributed to the Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth 1794; his later career centred on the defence of his (putative) son W. H. Ireland (1777-1835) against charges of forgery (as the ‘Shakespeare’ play Vortigern of 1796).
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.
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.