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Description: | Acquisition: subscribed for by Friends and former constituents of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 1854 or 1855 Description: Whole length, standing to left; head bald, scanty grey hair, and whiskers; collar and bands; scarlet robe with rose sleeves and facings of Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) over black coat and trousers; small white flower in his lapel; signet ring attached to fob pocket; gold ring with green stone on little finger of his right hand which is raised as in speaking; gold ring on little finger of left hand which holds a black velvet cap; to left a chair and green-covered table with a candle, papers, and books, of which one is a large blue book; folding seat with cushion to right; dull greenish background. Inglis was one of the Burgesses for the University of Oxford from 1829 until 1854, when this portrait was commissioned. Prominent among the books and papers on the table beside him is a copy of the report of the Royal Commission on the University (1852) known as 'The Great Blue Book'. Inglis was also a long-standing friend and patron of the artist, George Richmond, to whom he sat for the first of eight portraits in 1832. Richmond noted in his diary that he 'Worked on Sir Robert Inglis oil portrait for Bodleian', and in his account book is an entry for the 'R.A Oil picture of Sir R. Inglis for the Bodleian Gallery Oxford £315.0.0.' (G. Richmond, 'Extracts from Diaries 1841-1879', 1854, not paginated; G. Richmond, 'Account Book 1830-1893', p.61, for the year 1854, both National Portrait Gallery Archive, London) Engraved by John Faed, published by Colnaghi, 1857. External Link: Oxford Portraits website | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: by George Richmond | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=890... | Go to resource |
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