Portrait of Henry Angelo

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Portrait of Henry Angelo
Henry Angelo by Mather Brown.jpg
Artist Mather Brown
Yearc. 1790
Type Oil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions77.5 cm× 64.8 cm(30.5 in× 25.5 in)
Location National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Henry Angelo is a c.1790 portrait painting by the American-born British artist Mather Brown. It depicts Henry Angelo the noted English fencing master. [1] [2]

Angelo was the son of the Italian Domenico Angelo and inherited his father's school of fencing in Bond Street in London. He trained many of Britain's elite in swordsmanship into the Regency era. In reference to this he is shown holding a sword. The painting is in the National Portrait Gallery off Trafalgar Square, having been purchased in 1980. [3]

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