James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Regency Portraits Catalogue
James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
by Joseph Slater
1813
13 1/2 in. x 10 7/8 in. (343 mm x 276 mm)
NPG 1982
Physical descriptionback to top
Three-quarter-length seated in vice-admiral's full-dress uniform, one Naval Gold Medal (St Vincent), holding a paper, sword on table left; scanty white hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion.
Exhibitionsback to top
RA 1813 (610); Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea 1891 (1687 2X) lent by Miss Sumner; a label removed from the back (in registered packet in NPG archive) for the 'Hanover Exhibition at the New Gallery 1890-91 ... lent by J. Lyon Thurlow, Reg No. 292-5' but there is no mention of it in the catalogue.
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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