Nathaniel Hone

Nathaniel Hone, by Nathaniel Hone, circa 1747 -NPG 177 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Nathaniel Hone

by Nathaniel Hone
circa 1747
30 in. x 24 7/8 in. (762 mm x 633 mm)
NPG 177

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Acquired in 1864 as probably a portrait of the painter Richard Wilson, [1] but by 1879 it was described as Nathaniel Hone, [2] an identification which is above suspicion. NPG 177 appears contemporary with the self portrait in the National Gallery of Ireland (1003).

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1) Letters from J. H. Chance, 23 March 1864 and his agent H. Merritt, 24 March 1864; NPG archive.
2) NPG cats. 1866 as Wilson, and 1879 as Hone.

Referenceback to top

Le Harviel 1992
A. Le Harviel, Nathaniel Hone, 1992, p 22.

Physical descriptionback to top

Grey eyes, brown hair; wearing a dark blue coat; the folder contains blue and white sheets.

Provenanceback to top

Purchased from J. H. Chance (framemaker) 1864.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, 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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