Sir William Webb Follett

1 portrait by Sir Martin Archer Shee

Sir William Webb Follett, by Sir Martin Archer Shee, circa 1820 -NPG 1442 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

Sir William Webb Follett

by Sir Martin Archer Shee
circa 1820
16 7/8 in. x 12 1/4 in. (429 mm x 311 mm)
NPG 1442

Inscriptionback to top

Inscribed on a damaged label formerly on the stretcher: Sir William Follett/the great ... [illegible]/Councillor of the Crown[?]/bar/Painted by Sir Martin Shee/R.A.

This portraitback to top

The early history of this picture is unknown. The date is based on costume and the apparent age of the sitter. There seems no reason to doubt that the portrait does represent Follett.

Physical descriptionback to top

Dark grey eyes, brown hair. Dressed in a white shirt, white stock and brown coat. Glimpse of green landscape bottom right. Lower portion of sky yellow, upper portion dark blue.

Provenanceback to top

Purchased at Christie's, 31 May 1906 (lot 144).


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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