Boxall, Sir William, (1800-1879), Knight Portrait Painter, Director of National Gallery

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Surname:	Boxall
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	William
Gender:	Male
Date:	1800-1879
History:	Portrait painter, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1823,Director of National Gallery, 1866-1874
Biography:	ODNB link for Boxall, Sir William (1800-1879) Knight Portrait Painter
References:	Concise DNB, OUP 1992 ; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275685 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P128894 )
Online related resources	Artists' Paper Register link for Sir William Boxall	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir William Boxall

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1848-1879: corresp, papers and sketchbooks	National Gallery Research Centre	NGA1	NRA 43407 Boxall
2	1866-69: letters from Elizabeth Eastlake (1 vol of copies - originals in University of North Carolina Library)	National Gallery Research Centre		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
3	1859-75: letters from Marianne Skerret	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett e 129
4	1864-1873: corresp with Ralph Nicholson Wornum	National Gallery Research Centre	NGA2	NRA 43405 Wornum
5	1723-1966: corresp, papers and scetches regarding Boxhall's career as a painter and as director of National Gallery	National Gallery Research Centre	NGA1