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The Townshend album: drawings by the 1st Marquess Townshend, 1751-58


73 Portraits in set

A collection of caricatures and portrait sketches, drawn between 1751 and 1758. It was acquired, presumably from the artist himself, by his close friend, collaborator and second in command in the Norfolk militia, William Windham II of Felbrigg. Windham pasted them into a large album roughly in chronological order and by subject, so that all the drawings of particular individuals, of boxers and militia men, are more or less together. The National Portrait Gallery album is one of three; the second relates to the Quebec campaign of 1759 and the third is a family album, with additional caricatures by his two sons.

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Augustus George, Margrave of Baden, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(36)

Augustus George, Margrave of Baden

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(36)

George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(7)

George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(7)

John ('Jack') Broughton, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(29)

John ('Jack') Broughton

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(29)

Riches Repps Brown, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(54)

Riches Repps Brown

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(54)

Philip Burlton, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(41)

Philip Burlton

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(41)

Sir John Cope(?), by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(46)

Sir John Cope(?)

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(46)

Sir John Cope(?), by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(47)

Sir John Cope(?)

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pencil, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(47)

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(37)

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(37)

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(38)

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(38)

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(39)

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(39)

Michel Descazeaux du Hally, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(9)

Michel Descazeaux du Hally

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(9)

Davy Durrant, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(1)

Davy Durrant

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(1)

Probably Thomas Evans, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(13)

Probably Thomas Evans

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(13)

Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Fortescue, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(4)

Matthew Fortescue, 2nd Baron Fortescue

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(4)

King George II, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(5)

King George II

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(5)

King George II, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(2)

King George II

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(2)

George Haldane, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(60)

George Haldane

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pencil, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(60)

James Johnston, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(6)

James Johnston

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(6)

John Jones, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(43)

John Jones

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(43)

Dodo Heinrich, Freiherr von Knyphausen, by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend - NPG 4855(57)

Dodo Heinrich, Freiherr von Knyphausen

by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend
pen and ink, 1751-1758
NPG 4855(57)