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John Mayo

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John Mayo, by John Miers, 1818 -NPG 4878 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Regency Portraits Catalogue

John Mayo

by John Miers
1818
3 3/8 in. x 2 5/8 in. (86 mm x 67 mm) oval
NPG 4878

Inscriptionback to top

Inscribed in ink on Miers trade card used as backing: John Mayo MD. Obt. 29th Novr 1818/AEt. 59

Physical descriptionback to top

Head and shoulders profile to right.

Provenanceback to top

Sotheby's 27 March 1972 (13) bought Spinks for Mr Leonard Georian of Ohio who surrendered it in favour of the NPG May 1972.


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.