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Henry 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751) attributed to Jonathan Richardson c1738

One of several portraits of Henry St.John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, held by The National Portrait Gallery. Their collection includes both oil portraits and engravings of Bolingbroke.

Oil on Canvas 5.72cm X48.3cm

The NPG website states that the attribution cannon be regarded as certain and states that Bolingbroke probably sat for Richardson in 1732 and did so three times in 1738.

See 'The Iconography of Bolingbroke' by Mr F. T. Smallwood, Report no 10 Friends of Lydiard Tregoz, 1977.

Year
c. 1738
Artist
Attributed to Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745)
Type
Portrait
Location
The National Portrait Gallery, London
Reference
NPG 1493
Copyright
National Portrait Gallery, London
Last updated on
Sunday 17th September 2023
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