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Thomas Tyrwhitt

4 of 44 portraits by Benjamin Wilson

Thomas Tyrwhitt, by Benjamin Wilson, based on a work of circa 1788 -NPG 2942 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue

Thomas Tyrwhitt

after Benjamin Wilson
based on a work of circa 1788
29 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. (749 mm x 622 mm)
NPG 2942

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NPG 2942 is a simplified copy of the untraced portrait by Benjamin Wilson, engraved by John Jones in 1788, showing a curtain in the left background and a bookcase on the right. It was also engraved on a smaller scale by James Heath (with a plain background; from the picture in the possession of the Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham) and again by John Jones 1792 (without the bookcase, for Shakespeare Illustrated, 1793).

Physical descriptionback to top

Brown eyes, brown hair, wearing a green coat.

Provenanceback to top

Presented by the wish of the Rev H. M. Tyrwhitt (d. 1937), through his son T. Tyrwhitt, 1938.


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.

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