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Sir Richard Jebb (1729–1787) was physician to Westminster Hospital and St George’s Hospital, London. He became physician-extraordinary to George III who favoured him, granting him an estate in Enfield Chase, Middlesex, where he kept deer. Jebb was also physician-in-ordinary to the Prince of Wales, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Jebb was noble and generous, and fond of wine and music, but could be unpredictable. His friend Dr Lettsom wrote: ‘I loved that man with all his eccentricity… There was an impetuosity in his manner, a wildness in his look, and sometimes a strange confusion in his head, which often made me tremble for his sensorium… Those who did not know him well, he alarmed; those who did, saw the unguarded and rude ebullition of earnestness for success’.
Title
Sir Richard Jebb (1729–1787)
Date
c.1770
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
Accession number
X113
Acquisition method
gift from Reverend R. F. Halifax, 1827
Work type
Painting