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Edward Irving

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Edward Irving, by Joseph Slater, circa 1825 -NPG 424 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Regency Portraits Catalogue

Edward Irving

by Joseph Slater
circa 1825
8 7/8 in. x 6 7/8 in. (226 mm x 175 mm)
NPG 424

Physical descriptionback to top

Head to right aged about 30.

Provenanceback to top

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Cunningham and bought at the sale of his collection Sotheby's 10 May 1876 (523).


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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