James Watt

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Another drawing of Watt by Chantrey from Doldowlod [1] was sold Sotheby's, 20 March 2003, lot 64.

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1) J. Steegman, Portraits in Welsh Houses, II, p 210, no.18.

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Chantrey’s executor George Jones RA, by whose widow presented 1871.


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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