Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Richard Graves (1715-1804), Poet and novelist
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Poet, classicist and novelist, author of the humorous and anti-methodist Spiritual Quixote 1772; rector of Claverton, Somerset, from 1750.
‘in frame he was short and slender, and he was eccentric in both dress and gait, but his features were expressive and his conversation was marked by a sportive gaiety’ (DNB).
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.
‘in frame he was short and slender, and he was eccentric in both dress and gait, but his features were expressive and his conversation was marked by a sportive gaiety’ (DNB).
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.