Richmal Mangnall
10 of 33 portraits by John Downman
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Regency Portraits Catalogue
Richmal Mangnall
by John Downman
1814
11 7/8 in. x 9 3/8 in. (302 mm x 238 mm)
NPG 4377
This portraitback to top
Downman's drawing is the only portrait of Miss Mangnall recorded in the NPG archive though Williamson lists two drawings in the Downman Sketch Book series 4, vol.4, nos.10-11 (G. C. Williamson, John Downman ARA, 1907, pp li-lxiii.
Physical descriptionback to top
Half-length reading a book, white dress with high collar, white turban-style head-dress, coral necklace; dark hair, brown eyes, clear complexion.
Provenanceback to top
Family possession in 1856; bought from Colnaghi June 1964 and lent to their exhibition 'English Drawings', August 1964.
Reproductionsback to top
Mixed stipple and line in an oval decorated with flowers, paper, inkwell and quills, '... copied from the Original Picture in the possession of the Family by the kind permission of Mr Alderman and Sheriff Rose …' and published 1856 by William Tegg & Co.
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.