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Davies Gilbert

Davies Gilbert, by Gideon Algernon Mantell, circa 1830 -NPG D2171 - © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Regency Portraits Catalogue

Davies Gilbert

attributed to Gideon Algernon Mantell
circa 1830
10 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in. (267 mm x 184 mm)
NPG D2171

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Inscribed in two places: Davies Gilbert.

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Given for the NPG Reference Collection by Gordon H. Brown of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1980.


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.

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