Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-william-beechey-30" aria-label="More by Sir William Beechey" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir William Beechey</a>
Joseph Nollekens
Purchased with assistance from the Rev. R.E. Kerrich 1835
<p>Beechey had a distinguished career as a portrait painter that spanned more than sixty years. He was taught by Johann Zoffany, and in 1793 became Queen Charlotte's portrait painter.</p><p>Here he portrays the sculptor, Joseph Nollekens whose fame and fortune rested principally on his portrait busts in plaster or marble. His most popular busts, including those of the politicians Charles James Fox and William Pitt, were mass-produced in large quantities by his assistants.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
22 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2013-09-01
22 March 2013 – 1 September 2013
2013-09-01
2013-03-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-03-22
Image of the British School
Collection based display
Joseph Nollekens
support: 762 × 635 mm
frame: 970 × 845 × 90 mm
Purchased with assistance from the Rev. R.E. Kerrich 1835
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<span class="text7">Beechey had a distinguished career  </span><span class="text15">as a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> painter that spanned </span><span class="text7">
more      than sixty years. He was taught  </span><span class="text16">by</span><span class="text17"> Johann Zoffany</span><span class="text16">, and in 1793      became </span><span class="text7">Queen Charlotte's portrait painter. </span>
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<span class="text7">Here he portrays the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptor</span></a>, Joseph </span><span class="text15">Nollekens whose fame and fortune </span><span class="text7">rested      principally on his portrait busts  in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/plaster-of-paris" title="Glossary definition for 'Plaster of Paris'"><span>plaster</span></a> or marble. His most popular      busts, including those of the politicians </span><span class="text15">Charles      James Fox and William Pitt, </span><span class="text7">
were mass-produced      in large quantities by his assistants. </span>
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