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James Duffield Harding

4 of 54 portraits by Henry Perronet Briggs

James Duffield Harding, by Henry Perronet Briggs, circa 1840 -NPG 1781 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue

James Duffield Harding

by Henry Perronet Briggs
circa 1840
29 3/4 in. x 24 7/8 in. (756 mm x 632 mm)
NPG 1781

Inscriptionback to top

Inscribed in ink on a label, part of which is missing, on the back of the stretcher: Portrait of J. D. Harding/by - Briggs R.A. -/[por]trait that used to hang/[over the?] Fireplace in the Studio [at Gor?]don Square A. R. H.[arding?]

This portraitback to top

Harding lived at 4 Gordon Square during the 1840s. The date of the portrait is based on costume and the apparent age of the sitter.

Physical descriptionback to top

Healthy complexion, pale grey eyes, reddish-brown hair and side whiskers. Dressed in a dark stock, green cravat, gold pin and chain, white shirt, brown waistcoat and brown coat with a velvet collar. Background colour dark brown.

Provenanceback to top

The sitter, presented by his grandchildren, J. H. Harding and others, 1916.


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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