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Charles Rousseau Burney

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Charles Rousseau Burney, by Edward Francisco Burney, circa 1775-1780 -NPG 1860 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Charles Rousseau Burney

by Edward Francisco Burney
circa 1775-1780
7 in. x 6 3/4 in. (178 mm x 171 mm)
NPG 1860

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The attribution to E. F. Burney, the sitter’s younger brother, is traditional; the distinctive use of clear tonal washes is characteristic of his work. NPG 1860 is dated according to the sitter’s apparent age.

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Executed in shades of grey with a touch of pink on the lips.

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Presented by Dr Guy Bellingham-Smith 1920.

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John Joseph Merlin, Kenwood, 1985 (A5); Master Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery, Tulsa, Miami, Washington, Ottawa, NPG, Manchester, Carlisle, Canterbury, 1993-95 (32).


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.

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