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Sir Thomas Bourchier
11 of 40 portraits by Samuel Laurence
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Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir Thomas Bourchier
by Samuel Laurence
1846
16 in. x 12 7/8 in. (406 mm x 327 mm)
NPG 720
Inscriptionback to top
Inscribed on the stretcher (in an old hand): Sir Thomas Bourchier/painted by Mr Laurence/August 1846 aged 55
This portraitback to top
This is the only recorded likeness of Bourchier, and was bequeathed at the same time as a portrait of the donor's father, Admiral Sir Edward Codrington (see NPG 721).
Physical descriptionback to top
Healthy complexion, brown eyes, grey hair. Dressed in dark stock, white shirt, black coat and yellow waistcoat. Background colour dark reddish-brown.
Provenanceback to top
The sitter, bequeathed by his widow, Lady Bourchier, 1884.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, 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.