Artist

James Worsdale

The Hellfire Club, Dublin
The Limerick Hell Fire Club
H Beard Print Collection

English, 1692–1767

James Worsdale was an English Rococo painting artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Ireland.

James Worsdale (c. 1692 – 10 June 1767) was an Irish and English portrait painter, actor, literary fraud, and libertine whose lively conversation, wit, and boldness allowed him to move among the highest circles of literary life. His skills as a painter are not widely praised by art historians, but his confidence and assertiveness secured him numerous commissions for portraits.

Works by James Worsdale

Collections represented

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