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James Duffield Harding

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James Duffield Harding, by Laurence Theweneti, 1825 -NPG 3125 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

James Duffield Harding

by Laurence Theweneti
1825
15 1/8 in. x 11 1/8 in. (384 mm x 282 mm)
NPG 3125

Inscriptionback to top

Signed in pencil (lower left): L[?] Theweneti
Inscribed in pencil, probably in another hand (bottom left): L. Theweneti and in a third hand (top left): A British Sketcher, year 1825.
Inscribed on the back of the drawing in pencil: Portrait of James Duffield Harding/by L. Theweneti.

This portraitback to top

The early history of this drawing is unknown. Laurence Theweneti was one of a family of artists in Bath.

Physical descriptionback to top

Healthy complexion, greyish-blue eyes, brown hair. Dressed in a dark stock, white shirt, red, blue, yellow and black check waistcoat and morning coat.

Provenanceback to top

Messrs Appelby, purchased from them, 1942.


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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