James Edward Oglethorpe

Inscriptionback to top

Stamped 1 on the back.

This portraitback to top

Head and shoulders copy from the whole length standing figure of Oglethorpe in the group in the Shaftesbury family collection at St Giles until 1931 (see 1st Earl of Egmont, and Stephen Hales).

Physical descriptionback to top

In a khaki painted oval; blue eyes, light brown eyebrows, white wig; white shirt open at collar, plain blue coat; brownish-grey background, lit from left.

Conservationback to top

Yellowed varnish, slight losses in background along the top and lower left edges.

Provenanceback to top

Bought from the artist, 1927.

Exhibitionsback to top

'Georgian Essex', Valence House, Dagenham, May 1958; 'The British Face', Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, October 1967.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, 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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