| Portrait of William Harrison Ainsworth | |
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| Artist | Daniel Maclise |
| Year | c.1834 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 91.4 cm × 70.5 cm (36.0 in × 27.8 in) |
| Location | National 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.[1] [2] [3] 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.[4]
- ^ Ormond p.8
- ^ Weston p.287
- ^ Carver p.130
- ^ "NPG 3655; William Harrison Ainsworth - Portrait Extended - National Portrait Gallery".