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William Edward Frost

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William Edward Frost, by William Edward Frost, 1839 -NPG 4303 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

William Edward Frost

by William Edward Frost
1839
8 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in. (216 mm x 165 mm)
NPG 4303

Inscriptionback to top

Inscribed on an old label formerly on the back of the water-colour, possibly in the artist's hand: Portrait of the Artist./Sketched in 1839./W. E. Frost. ARA

Referenceback to top

NPG Annual Report, 1963-4 (1964), p 1.

Physical descriptionback to top

Brown eyes and hair. Dressed in a black stock and neck-tie and blue coat.

Provenanceback to top

Purchased by William Corran in Belfast, c.1940; Bonham's, 10 January 1963 (lot 141), bought T. A. G. Pocock, and presented by him, 1963.


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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