Portrait of Arthur Murphy is a c.1777 portrait painting by the English artist Nathaniel Dance-Holland or the Irish barrister and playwright Arthur Murphy.

[1] [2] Dance-Holland was a leading portraitist of the era and a founder of the Royal Academy.

[3] Murphy was noted for a number of plays, a mixture of comediess and tragedies, performed in the West End.

[4] At one time it was in the possession of Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith.

[5] William Ward produced a mezzotint based on Dance-Holland's painting in 1805.