Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
William Markham (1719-1807), Archbishop of York; Headmaster of Westminster School
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
1759
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, half length in gown and bands. Christ Church, Oxford (D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, I, 2000, no.1220). Engraved E. Fisher.
c.1775
Painting by Benjamin West, see NPG 4495.
1777
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, three-quarter length in rochet and chimere. Christ Church, Oxford (D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, I, 2000, no.1221). Exhibited RA 1778 (247); Second special exhibition of National Portraits (William and Mary to MDCCC), South Kensington, 1867 (717). Engraved J. R. Smith 1778; S. W. Reynolds (and in reduced form by C. T. Warren 1792, J. Hopwood 1807). A studio version at Bishopthorpe Palace and copies at Powderham Castle and Christ Church, Oxford.
1779-81
Painting by J. S. Copley, The Death of Chatham.
1790-94
Painting by George Romney, three-quarter length in private dress. Christie’s, 16 July 1982, lot 63. Sittings took place between May 1790 and April 1794 (H. Ward & W. Roberts, Romney, A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Rainsonné of his Works, 1904, II, p 100). Engraved J. Ward 1800. A replica was in Romney’s sale, 27 April 1807, lot 31.
1795
Ozias Humphry, exhibited RA 1795 (422) and ‘much approved’ (Joseph Farington, Diary, 18 April 1795).
1799
Painting by John Hoppner, three-quarter length seated in private dress. Royal Collection (Sir Oliver Millar, The Later Georgian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, I, 1969, no.847, pl.177). Exhibited RA 1799 (84). Engraved J. Heath 1807-10 (he exhibited a plate after Hoppner RA 1830, no.983, and see C. Baker, British Art Jnl., II, 2001, pp 36-38). Copies at Westminster School, Bishop’s House at Chester, and Scone Palace. Miniature by William Grimaldi with the Markham family in 1913 (Rev. A. Grimaldi, A Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings & Engravings by and after William Grimaldi, 1873, nos.326-28); two enamel copies by Henry Bone, one exhibited RA 1800 (896), another in the Royal Collection (R. J. B. Walker, The eighteenth and early nineteenth century Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 1992, no.781); preparatory drawings in the NPG Bone albums (R. Walker, 'Henry Bone's Pencil Drawings in the National Portrait Gallery', Wal. Soc., LXI, 1999, nos.341-42, figs. 137, 140).
1804
Bust by John Bacon jr., with wig and bands. Christ Church, Oxford (Mrs R. L. Poole, Catalogue of Portraits in the possession of the University, Colleges and City and County of Oxford, III, p 79). Exhibited RA 1804 (939). Another dated 1813 at Windsor Castle (illus. Connoisseur, CXXXII, 1953, p 118; R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1968 ed., f.p.16). Examples were with the Markham descendants and at Kenwood in 1913; a plaster is in York Minster Library.
1805
Drawing by Henry Edridge, exhibited RA 1805 (637).
Minor images include: a crude anon. bust-length circular engraving 1783 (accurately drawn from an original picture; New Christian Mag.); and two caricatures, by Burnet 1782 A Bp Laud charging his Clergy (head taken from the later Reynolds; M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, V, 5958), and anon., An Arch Prelate in Boots or The Church Militant 1778, whole length with shield and sword marked Yorks Sermons.
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.
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, half length in gown and bands. Christ Church, Oxford (D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, I, 2000, no.1220). Engraved E. Fisher.
c.1775
Painting by Benjamin West, see NPG 4495.
1777
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, three-quarter length in rochet and chimere. Christ Church, Oxford (D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, I, 2000, no.1221). Exhibited RA 1778 (247); Second special exhibition of National Portraits (William and Mary to MDCCC), South Kensington, 1867 (717). Engraved J. R. Smith 1778; S. W. Reynolds (and in reduced form by C. T. Warren 1792, J. Hopwood 1807). A studio version at Bishopthorpe Palace and copies at Powderham Castle and Christ Church, Oxford.
1779-81
Painting by J. S. Copley, The Death of Chatham.
1790-94
Painting by George Romney, three-quarter length in private dress. Christie’s, 16 July 1982, lot 63. Sittings took place between May 1790 and April 1794 (H. Ward & W. Roberts, Romney, A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Rainsonné of his Works, 1904, II, p 100). Engraved J. Ward 1800. A replica was in Romney’s sale, 27 April 1807, lot 31.
1795
Ozias Humphry, exhibited RA 1795 (422) and ‘much approved’ (Joseph Farington, Diary, 18 April 1795).
1799
Painting by John Hoppner, three-quarter length seated in private dress. Royal Collection (Sir Oliver Millar, The Later Georgian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, I, 1969, no.847, pl.177). Exhibited RA 1799 (84). Engraved J. Heath 1807-10 (he exhibited a plate after Hoppner RA 1830, no.983, and see C. Baker, British Art Jnl., II, 2001, pp 36-38). Copies at Westminster School, Bishop’s House at Chester, and Scone Palace. Miniature by William Grimaldi with the Markham family in 1913 (Rev. A. Grimaldi, A Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings & Engravings by and after William Grimaldi, 1873, nos.326-28); two enamel copies by Henry Bone, one exhibited RA 1800 (896), another in the Royal Collection (R. J. B. Walker, The eighteenth and early nineteenth century Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 1992, no.781); preparatory drawings in the NPG Bone albums (R. Walker, 'Henry Bone's Pencil Drawings in the National Portrait Gallery', Wal. Soc., LXI, 1999, nos.341-42, figs. 137, 140).
1804
Bust by John Bacon jr., with wig and bands. Christ Church, Oxford (Mrs R. L. Poole, Catalogue of Portraits in the possession of the University, Colleges and City and County of Oxford, III, p 79). Exhibited RA 1804 (939). Another dated 1813 at Windsor Castle (illus. Connoisseur, CXXXII, 1953, p 118; R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1968 ed., f.p.16). Examples were with the Markham descendants and at Kenwood in 1913; a plaster is in York Minster Library.
1805
Drawing by Henry Edridge, exhibited RA 1805 (637).
Minor images include: a crude anon. bust-length circular engraving 1783 (accurately drawn from an original picture; New Christian Mag.); and two caricatures, by Burnet 1782 A Bp Laud charging his Clergy (head taken from the later Reynolds; M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, V, 5958), and anon., An Arch Prelate in Boots or The Church Militant 1778, whole length with shield and sword marked Yorks Sermons.
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.