| 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, from c. 1827-1830. 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]
