George Tierney

George Tierney, by William Behnes, 1822 -NPG 173 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Regency Portraits Catalogue

George Tierney

by William Behnes
1822
26 1/2 in. (673 mm) high
NPG 173

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Incised: W. BEHNES. SCULPTOR, LONDON. 1822.

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Family possession and given by his son George Tierney 1864.

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RA 1822 (1033).


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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