Francis Wheatley

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Signed and inscribed verso: Portrait of/Francis Wheatley Esq/Drawn by/WHamilton Esqr RA

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Hamilton and Wheatley were almost exact contemporaries and their work developed along similar lines.

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Powdered hair, wearing a light blue coat.

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Christie’s, 4 March 1975, lot 42, bought Baskett & Day, from whom purchased 1975.


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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