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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