John Vanderbank
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue
John Vanderbank
by John Vanderbank
1738
12 3/4 in. x 7 1/2 in. (324 mm x 191 mm)
NPG 3647
This portraitback to top
The identification of the subject of this drawing is based on comparison with a similar drawing once in the collection of Joseph Vanhaecken (F. Lugt, Les Marques de Collections, 2516) and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, which is inscribed in ink, Vandrebanc his own portrait.
Physical descriptionback to top
Hair and shoulders sketched in outline; suggestion of a centre parting.
Conservationback to top
Small tear at upper edge; a dark circular spot in the shoulder, another in the background to the left of the mouth.
Provenanceback to top
Bought, 1948, from Colnaghi's, the purchaser of the album of Vanderbank pen and ink studies at Sotheby's, 27 October 1948, lot 54, from the collection of Captain J. H. B. Brain; earlier history unknown.
Exhibitionsback to top
'British Self-Portraits', Arts Council, 1962 (17).
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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