Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
James Stuart (1713-1788), Painter and architect
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
c.1730
Drawing, self portrait, porte-crayon in his hand. Royal Institute of British Architects, London (illus. D. Watkin, Athenian Stuart, 1982, pl.1). Possibly the crayon portrait of himself ‘at the age of thirteen or fourteen’ mentioned in DNB (where also said to have won an award from the Society of Arts, founded in 1754 when Stuart was passed forty).
c.1748
Painting by Samuel Provan, half length, engraved W. C. Edwards (Proben pinxt Roma ... From a picture in the possession of Richard Brettingham ...). A later state 1827 prints the artist’s name as Proven. Provan is recorded in Rome in 1748 (J. Ingamells, Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, compiled from the Brinsley Ford Archive, 1997. p 789).
c.1770
Painting formerly attributed to Joshua Reynolds (A. Graves & W. V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, III, 1899, p 943), half length, with turban and large loose cloak, engraved S. W. Reynolds 1795.
by 1773
Wedgwood medallions, one draped, the other with coat (both illus. R. Reilly and G. Savage, Wedgwood the Portrait Medallions, 1973, p 315).
c.1780
Drawing called George Dance, half-length profile, head and dress resembling NPG 55a. Copied by John Henning (Victoria and Albert Museum, E.581.1929; illus. Henning, Paisley, 1977, n.p.).
Miniature attributed to Philip Jean, see NPG 55a.
Posthumous
1789
Drawn and engraved Charles Knight, bust length all’antico, pub. by his widow (J. Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, IX, p 147n).
Engraving by J. Basire, three-quarter length seated drawing, wearing a fur hat; reissued 1794 for Rudiments of Ancient Architecture, 2nd ed.
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.
Drawing, self portrait, porte-crayon in his hand. Royal Institute of British Architects, London (illus. D. Watkin, Athenian Stuart, 1982, pl.1). Possibly the crayon portrait of himself ‘at the age of thirteen or fourteen’ mentioned in DNB (where also said to have won an award from the Society of Arts, founded in 1754 when Stuart was passed forty).
c.1748
Painting by Samuel Provan, half length, engraved W. C. Edwards (Proben pinxt Roma ... From a picture in the possession of Richard Brettingham ...). A later state 1827 prints the artist’s name as Proven. Provan is recorded in Rome in 1748 (J. Ingamells, Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, compiled from the Brinsley Ford Archive, 1997. p 789).
c.1770
Painting formerly attributed to Joshua Reynolds (A. Graves & W. V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, III, 1899, p 943), half length, with turban and large loose cloak, engraved S. W. Reynolds 1795.
by 1773
Wedgwood medallions, one draped, the other with coat (both illus. R. Reilly and G. Savage, Wedgwood the Portrait Medallions, 1973, p 315).
c.1780
Drawing called George Dance, half-length profile, head and dress resembling NPG 55a. Copied by John Henning (Victoria and Albert Museum, E.581.1929; illus. Henning, Paisley, 1977, n.p.).
Miniature attributed to Philip Jean, see NPG 55a.
Posthumous
1789
Drawn and engraved Charles Knight, bust length all’antico, pub. by his widow (J. Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, IX, p 147n).
Engraving by J. Basire, three-quarter length seated drawing, wearing a fur hat; reissued 1794 for Rudiments of Ancient Architecture, 2nd ed.
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.