Charles Arbuthnot

Charles Arbuthnot, by Sir George Hayter, circa 1820 -NPG 2662(14) - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Regency Portraits Catalogue

Charles Arbuthnot

by Sir George Hayter
circa 1820
7 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in. (195 mm x 140 mm)
NPG 2662(14)

Inscriptionback to top

Inscribed in pencil: Mr Arbuthnot and in ink: Left side - for Ld. Castlereagh/House of Lords GH. Oct. 1820/20.

This portraitback to top

As with NPG 1695(a-x), the drawings [NPG 2662(1-38)] were made in the House of Lords during the trial of the Queen.

Physical descriptionback to top

Head and shoulders looking through an aperture.

Provenanceback to top

Uncertain until collected by Arnett Hibbert and bought from his daughter-in-law, Violetta Hibbert, 1934 (for £5).


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.

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