Anne Flaxman (née Denman)

Anne Flaxman (née Denman), by Henry Howard, circa 1797 -NPG 675 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Regency Portraits Catalogue

Anne Flaxman (née Denman)

by Henry Howard
circa 1797
7 5/8 in. x 6 in. (194 mm x 152 mm)
NPG 675

This portraitback to top

For further details see under the companion portrait of her husband, John Flaxman, NPG 674.

Physical descriptionback to top

Head and shoulders to right in a white turban, green dress with black and yellow stripes, white fichu, lace-trimmed blouse and narrow brown neckband; grey hair in shoulder-length curls, dark brown eyes, fresh complexion; plain brown background.

Provenanceback to top

John Flaxman; Maria Denman; Sir Theodore Martin and given by him with the companion portrait of John Flaxman in 1883.

Exhibitionsback to top

RA Old Masters, 1881 (185).


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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