Pickersgill ndertakes a portrait of Godwin in 1830
The artist Henry
William Pickersgill (1782–1875) appears
thirty eight times from 1830 – 1833.
He was known for his sober
and accurate portraiture,
and painted many eminent figures
including Herschel, Bentham, and
Wordsworth (DNB).
Godwin sat for a portrait with him,
which accounts for a majority of the
‘Pickersgil’ calls and meetings.
All have been coded appropriately,
no further changes are necessary.
We should note that there is also
a John Pickersgill, Henry's brother, mentioned
in the DNB entry for Richard Bentley and employed
in Bentley's publishing firm from 1832. But the
entries do not suggest Godwin meets him.
Also coded in 1832 and 1833 are four entries for Pickergil - on the assumption that the
loss of the 's' is either an error or a shorthand. The circles seem the same.
