Arthur Conolly

1 portrait of Arthur Conolly

Arthur Conolly, by James Atkinson, circa 1840 -NPG 825 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Arthur Conolly

by James Atkinson
circa 1840
9 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in. (241 mm x 165 mm)
NPG 825

Inscriptionback to top

Inscribed in pencil (top right): Carbul [sic] July 21/Aug 11 and (bottom right): Arthur Conolly -/subsequently murdered at Bokhara

This portraitback to top

Canon Atkinson presented several portraits by his father to the NPG, including a self-portrait (NPG 930). Besides a miniature by R. Thorburn in the Scottish NPG, this is the only recorded portrait of Conolly. Atkinson was in Cabul from 1838 to 1841, and Conolly was there in 1840; he left in September on a special mission to Central Asia, where he was murdered.

Physical descriptionback to top

Ruddy complexion, dark eyes, dark brown hair and beard. Dark grey coat.

Provenanceback to top

The artist, presented by his son, Canon J. A. Atkinson, 1889.


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.

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