Thomas Cole

1 portrait of Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole, by John Downman, 1780 -NPG 1719a - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Thomas Cole

by John Downman
1780
8 1/4 in. x 6 3/4 in. (210 mm x 171 mm) oval
NPG 1719a

Physical descriptionback to top

Grey eyes, dark bushy eyebrows, white powdered wig, wearing a grey coat.

Provenanceback to top

Bequeathed by the sitter’s great-grandson, William Comyns Clifton (d. 1913) and accepted for the reference collection.


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.