Regency Portraits Catalogue
Dorothy Jordan (Mrs Jordan) (Dorothea Phillips) (1761-1816), Actress; mistress of William IV
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Actress and mistress of the Duke of Clarence, later William IV.
'Her face, her tones, her manner were irresistible. Her smile had the effect of sunshine, and her laugh did one good … She was Cleopatra turned into an oyster-wench ...' (Hazlitt, Dramatic Essays).
'Her laughter is the happiest and most natural on the stage' (Leigh Hunt, Autobiography).
'Her face, her tones, her manner were irresistible. Her smile had the effect of sunshine, and her laugh did one good … She was Cleopatra turned into an oyster-wench ...' (Hazlitt, Dramatic Essays).
'Her laughter is the happiest and most natural on the stage' (Leigh Hunt, Autobiography).
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Aspinall 1951A. Aspinall, Mrs Jordan and her Family, 1951.
Boaden 1831
James Boaden, The Life of Mrs Jordan, 1831.
Fothergill 1965
Brian Fothergill, Mrs Jordan Portrait of an Actress, 1965.
Lawrence 1910
W. J. Lawrence, 'The Portraits of Mrs Jordan' in Connoisseur XXVI, 1910, pp 143-50, reproducing NPG L174 in colour.
McKay & Roberts 1909
McKay & Roberts, John Hoppner RA, 1909, pp 140-1 and Supplement.
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.