Sir George Hayter

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Inscribed on the base of the stand on which Hayter is painting in the left-hand study: GH. painting on the picture/of the House of Commons/of 1833/GH 1843

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For Hayter's picture of the 'House of Commons, 1833' see NPG 54. A pen drawing of Hayter working on his painting by Sir Edwin Landseer was in the Hayter Sale, Christie's, 20 April 1871 (lot 374).

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Major Harrel, presented by him, 1897.


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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