Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Paul Whitehead (1710-1774), Satirist
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A portrait by Gainsborough was engraved by Collyer in 1777 and by Rolls in 1821, when in the possession of a Mrs Morris. John Michael Williams exhibited a painting of Whitehead at the Free Society of Artists in 1762 (1), but its whereabouts is also unknown. The sitter was sculpted by Roubiliac; two versions were in the sculptor's posthumous sale, 12-15 May, 1742, being lots 14 of the first day and 15 of the third day, [1] and Mrs Esdaile attributed a bust at West Wycombe to him. [2] An engraving by an unknown artist depicts Whitehead in profile and reproduces the memorial verses on the urn containing his heart at West Wycombe Church.
1) K. A. Esdaile, The Life and Works of Louis François Roubiliac, 1928, pp 110, 187.
2) NPG archives.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, 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.
1) K. A. Esdaile, The Life and Works of Louis François Roubiliac, 1928, pp 110, 187.
2) NPG archives.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, 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.