Regency Portraits Catalogue

Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840), Painter and scientist

Landscape painter; he was also architect, engineer, inventor, town-planner, landscape-gardener and stage-designer.

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Johnson and Money 1977
Peter Johnson and Ernie Money, The Nasmyth Family of Painters, 1977.

Nasmyth 1883
James Nasmyth, Autobiography, 1833.



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.