Francis Horner

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Label removed from back of frame now in registered packet 2677 in NPG archive: Portrait of Francis Horner Esq. MP. b 12 August 1778 d 8 February 1817. This likeness was used by Sir Francis Chantrey when making the statue in Westminster Abbey//This portrait of Francis Horner by Henning in chalk drawing is in my opinion the best existing likeness. It recalls him more strongly than any other. My dear Mother used to call it "Martin Luther"//Extract from letter of Leonard Horner (my grandfather) to his sister Mrs Power 20 June 1849//Francis H. Lyell 14th May 1921//To be offered to the National Portrait Gallery after my death together with wax medallion Francis H Lyell 14th May 1921.

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Head in profile to right.

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Bequeathed by the sitter's great-nephew Captain Francis Horner Lyell (d. 1934) and offered to the NPG through his son Henry Guise Lyell, 1934.


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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