Sir John Soane
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Regency Portraits Catalogue
Sir John Soane
by William Brockedon
1835
14 3/4 in. x 10 1/2 in. (375 mm x 266 mm)
NPG 2515(76)
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The drawing is based on Lawrence's portrait of 1828 or one of the engravings therefrom. It is accompained in the Brockedon album by a letter from Soane, 'I wish to have the large paper & proofs if they can be had, Thursday Lincolns Inn Field', presumably referring to an engraving.
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Head and shoulders seated facing, right elbow on arm of chair.
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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