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Summary

James Northcote: William Godwin

Artist



Description	English portrait painter
Date of birth/death	22 October 1746	13 July 1831
Location of birth/death	Plymouth	London
Work period	1790
Work location	London (1771–1777); Rome (1777–1780); London (1781–1831)
Authority file	: Q3161307 VIAF: 54417213 ISNI: 0000000081335187 ULAN: 500003564 LCCN: n86143755 NLA: 35391327 WorldCat

Title

William Godwin

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

English: William Godwin, oil on canvas, 1802, 29 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. (749 mm x 622 mm), "Godwin liked Northcote's portrait, describing it as 'The principal memorandum of my corporal existence that will remain after my death.' With the light hitting the philosopher's temples, Northcote symbolised Godwin's belief in progress based on reason."

Depicted people

William Godwin

Date

1802

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 74.9 cm (29.4 in)

; width: 62.2 cm (24.4 in)

Collection

National Portrait Gallery

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery
	Parent institution	National Portrait Gallery Board of Trustees
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 33.84″ N, 0° 07′ 41.16″ W
	Established	1856
	Website	www.npg.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q238587 VIAF: 165430167 ISNI: 0000000121496058 ULAN: 500226159 LCCN: n79113062 Historic England: 1066285 WorldCat

Accession number

NPG 1236

References

Source/Photographer

National Portrait Gallery: NPG 1236

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	10:57, 19 April 2019	1,275 × 1,536 (268 KB)	Opencooper	higher resolution without color correction
	23:56, 13 December 2015	714 × 860 (66 KB)	Bogomolov.PL	better resolution
	16:43, 19 January 2014	664 × 800 (85 KB)	P. S. Burton
	21:26, 7 October 2005	296 × 384 (24 KB)	Celeron	{{pd}} A portrait by James Northcote (oil on canvas, 1802) on display at the National Portrait Gallery. Source: http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_archives/godwin/GODWINGIFS/brown(1926).jpg