Person record for Nicholson, William

Nicholson, William

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1816

20 April 1816 21 April 1816 22 April 1816

Name: Nicholson, William
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 December 1781
Death Date: 16 August 1844
Occupation: portrait painter
Occupation: etcher

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On a tour to Scotland on 7 April 1816 ‘[Godwin] even sat for a portrait by William Nicholson – not his old scientist friend, whose obituary he had written the previous year, but a local artist.’ (Marshall, 321). An engraving of this portrait was later used in Sir George Mackenzie’s 1820 Illustrations of Phrenology (Marshall, p. 352). In 1816, there's one reference to 'Nicholson's' - but he also 'sits' on the 20th April, the 22nd April. This same year, Godwin also sat for a portrait by George Henry Harlowe (DNB, Harlowe), being introduced by James Northcote.

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Peter Marshall, William Godwin

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