Humphry Sibthorp
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Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Humphry Sibthorp
by Unknown artist
circa 1794
2 3/4 in. x 2 1/8 in. (70 mm x 54 mm) oval
NPG 4408
This portraitback to top
Dated by the dress and apparent age of the sitter, NPG 4408 appears not to be by the same hand as the miniature of his son, NPG 4409 (see R. J. B. Walker National Portrait Gallery, Regency Portraits, 1985, I, pp 453-54, II, pl.1093.).
Physical descriptionback to top
Blue eyes, white powdered ‘physical’ wig, wearing a green coat, his black waistcoat just visible.
Provenanceback to top
By descent to Hon Mrs Dudley Pelham, Canwick Hall, Lincs., by whom presented 1964, together with a miniature of his son John Sibthorp (NPG 4409).
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, 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.