Jonathan Richardson
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Jonathan Richardson
by Jonathan Richardson
1736
6 3/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (162 mm x 114 mm)
NPG 3023
Inscriptionback to top
Inscribed along the bottom in ink in an old hand: Richardson. drawn by himself, and in his own hand, right, 15 Jan 1735/6, a cipher in pencil 9P 7 G(?) above; the artist's stamp JR, left corner, now very faint.
Conservationback to top
The paper is rather dirty; a stain, top left corner and a tear, inwards from lobe of his right ear; pencil passages now rubbed.
Provenanceback to top
Presented, 1939, with a number of other drawings by M. H. Spielman; earlier history presumably as for NPG 1693 and 3779.
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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