John Kentish

John Kentish, by Thomas Phillips, 1840 -NPG 4971 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Regency Portraits Catalogue

John Kentish

by Thomas Phillips
1840
36 1/8 in. x 28 1/8 in. (918 mm x 714 mm)
NPG 4971

Inscriptionback to top

Signed and dated on table to left: TP (in monogram) 1840, and inscribed on spine of book: NOVUM/TESTAMENTUM/GRAECUM; on back of canvas in neat lettering in ink is inscribed: This Portrait/of the/Revd John Kentish,/painted by Thos. Phillips Esq F.R.S., R.A./was presented to Mrs. Kentish, Sept. 5th 1840, by the Congregation of Protestant/Dissenters assembling in the New Meeting House, Birmingham, as a Testi-/monial of their Affection and Gratitude to their revered Pastor; for the un-/wearied zeal, Affectionate Solicitude, and undeviating faithfulness, with which/through a period of thirty seven Years, he has performed his duties/as a Minister of this Congregation, of their Veneration for his Pri-/vate Virtues, and of their Admiration of the Independence, Useful-/ness, Integrity and Consistency of his Public Life.

Physical descriptionback to top

Half-length to left in black coat and waistcoat, white neckcloth and bow-tie, spectacles in left hand, white hair, brown eyes, fresh complexion.

Provenanceback to top

Mrs John Kentish; her niece and by descent to her great-grandson Reginald Addyes Scott; sold by his widow at Sotheby's 23 January 1974 (89), bought Leggatt for the NPG.

Reproductionsback to top

Mezzotint by T. Lupton (proof before letters in NPG).


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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