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Ann Allan (née Nicholson)
14 of 125 portraits matching these criteria:
- subject matching 'Pastel'
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Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Ann Allan (née Nicholson)
by Unknown artist
circa 1770-1775
23 1/4 in. x 18 1/2 in. (589 mm x 471 mm)
NPG 4308
Inscriptionback to top
The canvas is marked in chalk 245/2 from the 1963 sale. Early-19th-century label attached to the frame: Portrait of the Wife of/Geo. Allan Esqre/the Antiquary.
Physical descriptionback to top
Blue-grey eyes, dark brown hair with a Pulteney cap, a black shawl worn over a white dress with pink bows and buttons; she wears a red and white jewel in her cap and girandole earrings.
Provenanceback to top
Motcomb Galleries, 3 April 1963, lot 245, bought Mr & Mrs C. J. Duveen, by whom presented 1963.
Exhibitionsback to top
Art Treasures, Manchester, 1857 (BPG 297) lent Maj. Mair; National Gallery -1920.
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.