Portrait of Richard Parkes Bonington
| Portrait of Richard Parkes Bonington | |
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| Artist | Margaret Sarah Carpenter |
| Year | 1827-1830 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 76.2 cm × 63.5 cm (30.0 in × 25.0 in) |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
Portrait of Richard Parkes Bonnington is a portrait painting by the English artist Margaret Sarah Carpenter. Painted c.1827-30, it depicts her fellow artist Richard Parkes Bonington
Bonington painted landscapes and cityscapes in the romantic style. He enjoyed success at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 1828 but died a few months later of tuberculosis at the age of twenty five.[1] He was a friend of Carpenter, a noted portraitist of the Regency and early Victorian era.[2] It was exhibited at the Society of British Artists in 1833. Reviewers noted the pale look of Bonington in her portrait.[3]
Today it is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, having been acquired in 1877.[4] A copy of the mezzotint version of the work by John P. Quilley is also in the collection.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Tankard p.91
- ^ Barber p.72-73
- ^ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw00666/Richard-Parkes-Bonington?LinkID=mp00478&role=sit&rNo=2
- ^ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw00666/Richard-Parkes-Bonington?LinkID=mp00478&role=sit&rNo=2
- ^ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw00666/Richard-Parkes-Bonington?LinkID=mp00478&role=sit&rNo=2
Bibliography
[edit]- Barber, Tabitha (ed.) Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain, 1520-1920. Tate Britain, 2024.
- Tankard, Alex. Tuberculosis and Disabled Identity in Nineteenth Century Literature: Invalid Lives. Springer, 2018.
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