Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk (1746-1815), Politician; MP for Carlise and Arundel
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‘At a time when men of every description wore hair powder and a queue, [Norfolk] had the courage to cut his hair short and to renounce powder, which he never used except when going to court’, and his dress was ‘most singular, and always the same, except when he went to St James’s, namely, a plain blue coat of a peculiar dye approaching to purple’ (The Historical and Posthumous Memoirs of Sir Nathaniel Wraxall 1772-1784, III, pp 361, 364).
1767
Miniature by Nathaniel Hone, ‘in the dress of the 16th-century’, exhibited SKM 1865 (1399) lent Philip Henry Howard. Probably the miniature with T. E. Spence in 1960.
c.1767
Unattributed portrait with his first wife (Mariana Coppinger, married 1767, d. 1768) listed at Greystoke Castle c.1820 (G. P. Harding, List of Portraits in Various Mansions of the United Kingdom, III, p 75).
c.1775
Painting attributed to Nathaniel Dance, half length in Van Dyck dress. Bonham’s, 29 October 1987, lot 72.
Painting by Henry Walton, bust-length oval. Private collection (E. Bell, 'Life and Work of Henry Walton', Gainsborough's House Review, 1999, no.100).
1782
Etching by J. Sayers, whole length (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, V, 6058).
1783
Anon. engraving, bust-length oval, his own short dark hair (as Earl of Surry [sic]).
1784-86
Painting by Thomas Gainsborough, see NPG 5294.
1792
Painting by Arthur Morris, exhibited RA 1792 (179).
c.1795
Pastel by Daniel Gardner, unfinished half-length oval. British Museum (1914.4.6.8; illus. Portrait Drawings, British Museum, 1974, p 85).
1799
Painting by Thomas Lawrence, three-quarter length standing. Arundel Castle (K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence: a complete catalogue of the oil paintings, 1989, no.605). Exhibited RA 1799 (76).
1800
Painting by John Hoppner, three-quarter length seated in Ducal robes, with the Earl Marshal’s baton. Phillips, Scotland, 18 May 1994, lot 230 (previously Christie’s, 30 June 1906, lot 137). Engraved anon., from the portrait then belonging to Henry Howard of Corby Castle, the Duke’s executor (see W. McKay & W. Roberts, John Hoppner RA, 1909, p 184).
1811
Miniature by W. C. Ross, half length seated, a miniature in his hand; engraved T. Williamson 1813 as President of the Soc. of Antiquaries, from the picture belonging to Dr Taylor. Presumably the miniature exhibited RA 1811 (401).
1815
Painting by James Lonsdale, whole-length seated in private dress. Arundel Castle. Exhibited RA 1815 (318). Engraved C. T. Warren 1817 (bust-length). A version in Ducal robes sold Sotheby’s, 4 June 1980, lot 324, included a crowned bust on a pedestal.
Posthumous
1816
Painting by A. J. Oliver, exhibited RA 1816 (84).
1817
Bust by L. A. Goblet, exhibited RA 1817 (1039).
Some of the stained-glass windows installed by the Duke in the course of his restoration of Arundel (removed by the late nineteenth century), showed him playing historical roles: as Baron Robert Fitzwalter (design by A. J. Oliver exhibited RA 1803, no.251), as Solomon entertaining the Queen of Sheba (design by William Hamilton exhibited RA 1790, no.176) and as a Duke of Norfolk witnessing the signing of the Magna Carta (designed by James Lonsdale).
The many caricatures of the Duke included etchings by Robert Dighton, A View of Norfolk 1796 (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, VII, 8866; illus. Connoisseur, XIV, 1906, p 232) and Members of the Whig Club 1798 (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, VII, 9216); by James Sayers, The Comet 1789 (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, VI, 7508) and Worshipping the Sun 1804 (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, 10258), and by James Gillray, Dissolution of Partnership 1809 (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, 11214).
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.
1767
Miniature by Nathaniel Hone, ‘in the dress of the 16th-century’, exhibited SKM 1865 (1399) lent Philip Henry Howard. Probably the miniature with T. E. Spence in 1960.
c.1767
Unattributed portrait with his first wife (Mariana Coppinger, married 1767, d. 1768) listed at Greystoke Castle c.1820 (G. P. Harding, List of Portraits in Various Mansions of the United Kingdom, III, p 75).
c.1775
Painting attributed to Nathaniel Dance, half length in Van Dyck dress. Bonham’s, 29 October 1987, lot 72.
Painting by Henry Walton, bust-length oval. Private collection (E. Bell, 'Life and Work of Henry Walton', Gainsborough's House Review, 1999, no.100).
1782
Etching by J. Sayers, whole length (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, V, 6058).
1783
Anon. engraving, bust-length oval, his own short dark hair (as Earl of Surry [sic]).
1784-86
Painting by Thomas Gainsborough, see NPG 5294.
1792
Painting by Arthur Morris, exhibited RA 1792 (179).
c.1795
Pastel by Daniel Gardner, unfinished half-length oval. British Museum (1914.4.6.8; illus. Portrait Drawings, British Museum, 1974, p 85).
1799
Painting by Thomas Lawrence, three-quarter length standing. Arundel Castle (K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence: a complete catalogue of the oil paintings, 1989, no.605). Exhibited RA 1799 (76).
1800
Painting by John Hoppner, three-quarter length seated in Ducal robes, with the Earl Marshal’s baton. Phillips, Scotland, 18 May 1994, lot 230 (previously Christie’s, 30 June 1906, lot 137). Engraved anon., from the portrait then belonging to Henry Howard of Corby Castle, the Duke’s executor (see W. McKay & W. Roberts, John Hoppner RA, 1909, p 184).
1811
Miniature by W. C. Ross, half length seated, a miniature in his hand; engraved T. Williamson 1813 as President of the Soc. of Antiquaries, from the picture belonging to Dr Taylor. Presumably the miniature exhibited RA 1811 (401).
1815
Painting by James Lonsdale, whole-length seated in private dress. Arundel Castle. Exhibited RA 1815 (318). Engraved C. T. Warren 1817 (bust-length). A version in Ducal robes sold Sotheby’s, 4 June 1980, lot 324, included a crowned bust on a pedestal.
Posthumous
1816
Painting by A. J. Oliver, exhibited RA 1816 (84).
1817
Bust by L. A. Goblet, exhibited RA 1817 (1039).
Some of the stained-glass windows installed by the Duke in the course of his restoration of Arundel (removed by the late nineteenth century), showed him playing historical roles: as Baron Robert Fitzwalter (design by A. J. Oliver exhibited RA 1803, no.251), as Solomon entertaining the Queen of Sheba (design by William Hamilton exhibited RA 1790, no.176) and as a Duke of Norfolk witnessing the signing of the Magna Carta (designed by James Lonsdale).
The many caricatures of the Duke included etchings by Robert Dighton, A View of Norfolk 1796 (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, VII, 8866; illus. Connoisseur, XIV, 1906, p 232) and Members of the Whig Club 1798 (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, VII, 9216); by James Sayers, The Comet 1789 (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, VI, 7508) and Worshipping the Sun 1804 (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, 10258), and by James Gillray, Dissolution of Partnership 1809 (M. D. George, British Museum, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, 11214).
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.