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Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley

4 of 19 portraits of Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, by John Philip Davis ('Pope' Davis), circa 1815 -NPG 847 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Regency Portraits Catalogue

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley

by John Philip Davis ('Pope' Davis)
circa 1815
8 in. x 6 1/2 in. (203 mm x 165 mm)
NPG 847

Inscriptionback to top

Inscribed in ink: Marquis Wellesley/by J P Davis, and later, probably on acquisition: Brought by L G Holland/Received 19th September 1890/from M. Montague Browne.

Physical descriptionback to top

Half-length seated to right, high-collared coat, white shirt, blue ribbon round neck with the Garter George indistinct; sparse grey hair, black eyebrows, blue eyes, pale complexion; blue wash background.

Provenanceback to top

The artist and given by his widow's executors 1890.


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.