Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Watkin Lewes (1740?-1821), Politician and Lord Mayor of London
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
MP 1781-96; alderman 1772, sheriff 1772-73 and lord mayor 1780-81 of the City of London; Kt 1773; his career facilitated by his marriage to Rebecca Popkin, a Welsh heiress.
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.