John William Polidori
1 portrait of John William Polidori
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Regency Portraits Catalogue
John William Polidori
by F.G. Gainsford
circa 1816
23 in. x 18 7/8 in. (584 mm x 480 mm)
NPG 991
Physical descriptionback to top
Head and shoulders in black cloak and white neckcloth; thick black hair, black eyebrows, dark brown eyes, dark complexion; plain light brown background.
Provenanceback to top
Given (together with the chalk drawing of Christina Rossetti NPG 990) by Polidori's nephew William Michael Rossetti, 1895.
Exhibitionsback to top
'Byron', V&A Museum, 1974 (K15); 'Shelley Exhibition', Penshurst Place, 1977 (no catalogue).
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.