Henry William Pickersgill

(1782-1875)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875 DNB: Pickersgill, Henry William (1782-1875), portrait painter LBT ID: WiPicke1875 VIAF ID: 24873518 LOC ID: nr2002014792	B/BAP: 1782-12-03 DIED: 1875-04-21
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English portrait painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1806, to which he was elected in 1826. Among his sitters were Hannah More, Jeremy Bentham, William Godwin and William Wordsworth.
REFERENCES TO Henry William Pickersgill: William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 14 June [1831] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 1 John Gibson Lockhart to John Wilson, 9 May 1851 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 2 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 8: My Own Life Found 1: ¶ 21 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 18 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter II. 1831-34. Found 1: ¶ 12 Chapter III. 1834-1837. Found 1: ¶ 7 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 20: 1826-52