Francis Place

This portraitback to top

The portrait is accompanied by a letter from Drummond to the Keeper of the RA offering it among five pictures for the 1833 exhibition (letter of 9 April 1833 in NPG archive, bought for the NPG in 1976).

Physical descriptionback to top

Half-length facing, left hand on arm of chair with red upholstery, black coat, white shirt, bushy grey hair and Newgate fringe, brown eyes, ruddy complexion; plain grey background, red curtain to right.

Provenanceback to top

Family inheritance and given by Place's great-grandson Sir Henry Miers 1922.

Exhibitionsback to top

RA 1833 (433).


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.

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