John Braham

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Inscribed above his right shoulder: DeWilde delin./April 1819.

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Half-length seated slightly to right, curly black hair (or wig), side whiskers, brown eyes, bluish-grey coat with black collar, white cravat and collar, yellow waistcoat; plain wash background.

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Sir Herbert Raphael Bart MP and bound into Wheatley's London Past and Present, vol.I, part I, page 91. The nine extra-illustrated volumes were given by Raphael in 1891.


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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