Dr. Richard Busby after Henry Tilson
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Life-size head of Busby wearing academic dress and a scull cap; he is inclined to the left.
Dr. Richard Busby after Henry Tilson
Life-size head of Busby wearing academic dress and a scull cap; he is inclined to the left.
Pelham sits on the left to the front of the composition. He is depicted with dark blue-grey eyes and heavy eyebrows nearly concealing a wart above his right eye. His long grey wig falling in front of his left shoulder and behind his right. He wears his chancellor's gown with gold lace over black coat, with a flocked details, lace cravat and wrist ruffles. Pelham is seated in a plain red chair, draped curtain behind, a letter without writing in his left hand. On the right sits John Roberts, with dark blue-grey eyes and dark brows. He is positioned behind a table draped with a green cloth. Roberts wears a red coat with the top button fastened and lace cuffs; he holds a quill to a page and further papers topped by an inkstand holding a second quill can be seen on the extreme right. Behind Roberts is an archway with sky and trees visible beyond. The composition is lit from the top left.
Shackleton, John, d.1767
Miniature of Mrs. Charlotte Du Brieux
Kept "Mother du Brieux's" Boarding House at No1. Dean's Yard. Formerly Mrs (Driffield) but subsequently married the Chevalier du Brieux ...
Cyril Jackson after William Owen
Three-quarter length, seated, wearing academic dress Oil on canvas
William Ellis attributed to Ozias Humphrey
Half-length oval portrait; Ellis is inclined slightly to the right of the picture; he wears a mortarboard, academic collar and black gown. Glazed.
Humphrey, Ozias, 1742-1810
Pencil and gouache on paper, an oval portrait; Abbot as Scholar in the Second Election; he faces towards the left, wearing a blue suit.
Downman, John, 1750-1824
Robert Freind attributed to Jonathan Richardson
Half-length portrait; he faces towards the left of the portrait; he wears black academic dress and collar, and a grey wig. Inscribed top-left with the name of the sitter.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Half-length portrait on a much reduced scale; Abbott is turned to the right; he wears a white cravat and black coat; the background is grey; framed in an oval. Marked on back "Anna Tonelli" "Fece in Londra 1794" and "Charles Abbot 1st Lord Colchester". Charles Abbot 1st Lord Colchester would have been in his 40s at the time of painting so it is likely that either the artist or sitter is mis-attributed.
Tonelli, Anna, 1763-1846
Half-length portrait on a much reduced scale, in a roundel in the centre of the picture; he wears Eighteenth Century costume and holds a book, with the inscription
Dyer, John, 1699-1757
Reverend Benjamin Fuller James by a member of the English School
Head and shoulders; he is turned to the left; he wears a black academic dress.