Charles Knight

Inscriptionback to top

Incised on the front: CHARLES KNIGHT/1791-1873 and on the back: J. DURHAM. ARA/1874

This portraitback to top

This is a replica of the marble bust formerly in the collection of the Knight family, exhibited RA, 1866 (874).

Provenanceback to top

Commissioned by the grandchildren of the sitter, and presented by them, 1874.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, 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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