James Duffield Harding
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
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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