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'''''Portrait of William Harrison Ainsworth''''' is a c.1834 ] by the Irish ] ] depicting the English author ].<ref>Ormond p.8</ref> <ref>Weston p.287</ref> <ref>Carver p.130</ref> Ainsworth was a popular author of ]s and a contemporary and friend of Dickens. '''''Portrait of William Harrison Ainsworth''''' is a c.1834 ] by the Irish ] ] depicting the English author ].<ref>Ormond p.8</ref> <ref>Weston p.287</ref> <ref>Carver p.130</ref> Ainsworth was a popular author of ]s and a contemporary and friend of Dickens.


It is very similar to an illustration by Maclise that appeared in '']'' in July 1834. If so it was produced the same year as his breakthrough novel '']'' was published. Two years later an engraving of it was used to illustrate the ] of the fourth edition of the novel. Today the painting is in the collection ] in ], having been acquired in 1949.<ref>https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw00053/William-Harrison-Ainsworth?</ref> It is very similar to an illustration by Maclise that appeared in '']'' in July 1834. If so it was produced the same year as his breakthrough novel '']'' was published. Two years later an engraving of it was used to illustrate the ] of the fourth edition of the novel. Today the painting is in the collection ] in ], having been acquired in 1949.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw00053/William-Harrison-Ainsworth? | title=NPG 3655; William Harrison Ainsworth - Portrait Extended - National Portrait Gallery }}</ref>


== References == == References ==

Latest revision as of 11:52, 28 December 2024

Painting by Daniel Maclise
Portrait of William Harrison Ainsworth
ArtistDaniel Maclise
Yearc.1834
TypeOil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions91.4 cm × 70.5 cm (36.0 in × 27.8 in)
LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of William Harrison Ainsworth is a c.1834 portrait painting by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise depicting the English author William Harrison Ainsworth. Ainsworth was a popular author of historical novels and a contemporary and friend of Dickens.

It is very similar to an illustration by Maclise that appeared in Fraser's Magazine in July 1834. If so it was produced the same year as his breakthrough novel Rookwood was published. Two years later an engraving of it was used to illustrate the frontispiece of the fourth edition of the novel. Today the painting is in the collection National Portrait Gallery in London, having been acquired in 1949.

References

  1. Ormond p.8
  2. Weston p.287
  3. Carver p.130
  4. "NPG 3655; William Harrison Ainsworth - Portrait Extended - National Portrait Gallery".

Bibliography

  • Carver, Stephen James. The Life and Works of the Lancashire Novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, 1850-1882. Edwin Mellen Press, 2003.
  • Ormond, Richard. Early Victorian Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1974.
  • Weston, Nancy. Daniel Maclise: Irish Artist in Victorian London. Four Courts Press, 2001.
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