Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Regency Portraits Catalogue
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
by George Richmond
1834
8 in. x 6 1/4 in. (203 mm x 159 mm)
NPG 1055
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Probably the drawing is the preliminary study for the portraits listed in Richmond's Account Book (photostat of original in NPG) under 3 November and a duplicate in May 1835 for 7 guineas each. One of these was in the Hill family collection in 1973 (NPG archive). Finden's engraving of 1845 was probably made from the duplicate.
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Half-length in blue coat, black velvet collar, white shirt and waistcoat, Ribbon of the Bath; scanty grey hair, vivid blue eyes, bright rosy cheeks, smiling expression.
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Stipple by E. Finden, with Star of GCB and facsimile of signature, published by John Murray 1845.
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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