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Title:
William Seguier
Object name(s):
Picture; British
Brief description:
William Seguier (1772--1843) was a picture dealer and picture cleaner. He was Superintendent of the British Institution from its foundation in 1805, Surveyor, Cleaner and Repairer of the King's Pictures from 1820 and Keeper of the National Gallery from its foundation in 1824. He continued in all three positions until his death. He also advised many private collectors on buying, hanging and cleaning paintings.Seguier's training in trade, the fact that he had never been to Italy and had a Cockney accent prompted continual jibes, but it was conceded that although he lacked airs and graces he was an excellent judge of pictures.Jackson's portrait shows Seguier at the age of 58. The artist, an old friend of the sitter, died before finishing the portrait, which was commissioned by one of Seguier's most wealthy private clients, George Watson Taylor MP.
Collection:
National Gallery
Accession date:
1950-01-01
Date - earliest / single:
1950
Date - latest:
1950
Acquisition source:
Charles H. Seguier-Brown
Credit line:
Presented by Charles H. Seguier-Brown, great-grandson of the sitter, 1950
Current location:
Not on display
Current reproduction location:
1/631/758/775/mid_N-6022-00-000011.jpg
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
Overall
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
78.70
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
Overall
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
65.40
Form:
None
Inscription content:
Inscribed
Material:
oil on canvas
Material:
oil
Material:
canvas
Object name:
Picture; British
Object production date:
1830
Date - earliest / single:
1830
Date - latest:
1830
Object production date:
Date - period:
1825-49
Object production person:
John Jackson
Person's birth date:
1778
Person's death date:
1831
Object production place:
Britain
Object production place:
London
Other number:
NG6022
Other number type:
object number
Other number:
0EAT-0001-0000-0000
Other number type:
PID
Other number:
NG6022
Other number type:
display number
Other number:
000-02OD-0000
Other number type:
PID (NG alternative)
Other number:
ng36022
Other number type:
sort number
Responsible department/section:
Main Collection
Right note:
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Style:
half length portraits
Style:
male portraits
Style:
neoclassical
Style:
Georgian
User's reference:
The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue
Reference details:
355
Reference note:
Key bibliography
Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
National Gallery Catalogues: The British School
Reference details:
71
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reference
User's reference:
National Gallery Catalogues: The British Paintings
Reference details:
388-98
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reference
User's reference:
The National Gallery: 1938-1954
Reference details:
96
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User's reference:
Catalogue of the Paintings in the Wellington Museum
Reference details:
5-15
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reference
User's reference:
The British School
Reference details:
388-98
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reference
User's reference:
Life and Works of John Jackson RA
Reference details:
195-6
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reference
User's reference:
The Diary of Benjamin Robert Haydon
Reference details:
1.120, 3.453-61
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reference
User's reference:
A Dictionary of Artists of the English School
Reference details:
366
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User's reference:
Report from the Select Committee on National Monuments and Works of Art
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User's reference:
Report from the Select Committee on Arts and Their Connexion With Manufactures
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User's reference:
Recollections of the British Institution
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User's reference:
Art in England 1821-1837
Reference details:
68-72, 74, 93, 103, 120-3, 187, 197-8, 206, 220-3, 270, 345
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Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
Obituary: William Seguier
Reference details:
1028
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reference
User's reference:
Obituary Notice
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reference
User's reference:
The Founding of the National Gallery
Reference details:
108
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reference
User's reference:
William Seguier, First Keeper of the National Gallery
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reference
User's reference:
Obituary Notice
Reference details:
3
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User's reference:
The Very Celebrated Collection of Painters' Etchings and Engravings of William Seguier, Esq., Deceased, Late Conservator of the Royal and National Galleries
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User's reference:
A Catalogue of the Choice Cabinet of Pictures, Chiefly of the Dutch and English Schools, of William Seguier, Esq. Deceased: Late Conservator of the Royal and National Galleries
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reference
User's reference:
Picture Frames and Picture Hanging in Apsley House
Reference details:
17-20
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Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
William Seguier
Reference details:
17.1145-6
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Reference type:
reference
User's reference:
The National Gallery : an illustrated history /Alan Crookham.
Reference details:
Ill. (p. 11)
Reference type:
reference

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