Robert Home

Physical descriptionback to top

Half-length seated to right holding a porte-crayon, right arm on stone ledge, dark grey coat with black velvet collar, white waistcoat, neckcloth and shirt-frill; light fair hair, dark grey eyes, fresh complexion; plain drab background.

Provenanceback to top

Family possession until given by the artist's great-great-granddaughters, Mrs Ethel Lawrence and Mrs Ella Day on the death of their brother Colonel R. S. Home DSO, in 1943.


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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