Sir James Macdonell

This portraitback to top

According to the vendor, this portrait was used by W. Salter for his large painting of 'The Waterloo Banquet, 1836' (see NPG 3735), but the comparison between the two is not very close. Macdonell is shown with the star of the Bath and several other medals.

Physical descriptionback to top

Blue eyes, brown hair. Dressed in a red uniform, with gold-braided epaulettes, neck, cuffs and sword-belt, various medals, dark-blue trousers with gold stripe. Background colour green. There is a crack down the middle of the miniature.

Provenanceback to top

By descent to Miss Julia Reade (granddaughter of the sitter), and purchased from her, 1934.


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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