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William Wycherley

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William Wycherley, by Peter Cross, circa 1675 -NPG 6280 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Later Stuart Portraits Catalogue

William Wycherley

by Peter Cross
circa 1675
2 1/2 in. x 2 in. (64 mm x 51 mm) oval
NPG 6280

Inscriptionback to top

Signed above shoulder on the left: PC (in monogram).

This portraitback to top

The likeness compares closely with the Lely portrait of 1668-69.

Referenceback to top

Simon & Saywell (eds.) 2004
Complete Illustrated Catalogue, NPG, ed. J. Simon & D. Saywell, 2004, p 680.

Provenanceback to top

H. J. Pfungst (d. 1917), from whom purchased 1915 by Hon. H. A. Wallop (1870-1953); in 1932 given to his nephew, Alan Evans (c.1890-1974), by whom bequeathed to the National Gallery 1974; lent to the NPG 1974 (L152/18) until permanently transferred 1994.

Exhibitionsback to top

Victoria and Albert Museum 1927–49; Age of Charles II, Grosvenor Place, 1932, no.101, lent Wallop.


This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685–1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, 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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