Portrait of Lord Melbourne is an 1844 portrait painting by the English artist John Partridge portraying the British politician and former Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne.[1] [2]
| Portrait of Lord Melbourne | |
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| Artist | John Partridge |
| Year | 1844 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 130 cm × 100 cm (50 in × 40 in) |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
Melbourne is shown as a distinguished statesman wearing a fur-lined coat.[3] Behind him on the top right is a large leather bound volume of state papers. The portrait likely grew out of a study of Melbourne for Partridge's work The Fine Arts Commissioners. He also depicted Melbourne's fellow commissioners Lord Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston in portraits in preparation for the painting.[4] The painting is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London having been donated in 1893 by Lord Carlisle whose father had acquired it from the artist.[5]
See also
edit- Portrait of Lord Melbourne, an 1805 portrait of the young Melbourne by Thomas Lawrence
References
edit- ^ National Portrait Gallery in Colour. Studio Vista, 1979 p.98
- ^ Woodbridge p.310
- ^ Ewing p.110
- ^ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw04359/William-Lamb-2nd-Viscount-Melbourne?LinkID=mp03045&role=sit&rNo=8
- ^ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw04359/William-Lamb-2nd-Viscount-Melbourne?LinkID=mp03045&role=sit&rNo=8
Bibliography
edit- Ewing, Elizabeth. Fur in Dress. Batsford, 1981.
- Leonard, Dick. British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries: Volume 1. Routledge, 2020.
- Mitchell, Leslie George, Lord Melbourne, 1779-1848. Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Strong, Roy The British Portrait, 1660-1960 Woodbridge, 1999.
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