Portrait of Richard Parkes Bonington
Painting by Margaret Sarah Carpenter
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Portrait of Richard Parkes Bonnington is a portrait painting by the English artist Margaret Sarah Carpenter, from c. 1827-1830. It depicts her fellow artist Richard Parkes Bonington.
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| 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) |
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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]
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