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A portrait of Joseph Priestley, F. R. S., by James Millar, 1789
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Recently the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery were offered the gift of a pair of portraits of Joseph Priestley and his wife Mary. The offer came from Mrs I. M. Priestley, and these portraits had been inherited by her late husband, Mr R. C. Priestley, from Mrs Sarah Wainewright, a distant relative, who was the daughter of Joseph Priestley II (son of Joseph I) and his wife Elizabeth. Both portraits were painted by a certain James Millar who practised in Birmingham.
Title: A portrait of Joseph Priestley, F. R. S., by James Millar, 1789
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Recently the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery were offered the gift of a pair of portraits of Joseph Priestley and his wife Mary.
The offer came from Mrs I.
M.
Priestley, and these portraits had been inherited by her late husband, Mr R.
C.
Priestley, from Mrs Sarah Wainewright, a distant relative, who was the daughter of Joseph Priestley II (son of Joseph I) and his wife Elizabeth.
Both portraits were painted by a certain James Millar who practised in Birmingham.
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