Portrait of Lord Melbourne (Partridge)
| Portrait of Lord Melbourne | |
|---|---|
| Lord Melbourne over chimney piece | |
 | |
| Artist | John Partridge  |
| Year | 1844 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Subject | Lord Melbourne |
| Dimensions | 127 cm (50 in) × 101.6 cm (40.0 in) |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
| Accession No. | NPG 941 |
| Identifiers | Art UK artwork ID: william-lamb-2nd-viscount-melbourne-157460 |
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]
Melbourne is shown as a distinguished statesman wearing a fur-lined coat.[2] 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.[3] The painting is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London, having been donated in 1893 by Lord Carlisle whose father had acquired it from the artist.[3]
See also
[edit]- Portrait of Lord Melbourne (Lawrence), an 1805 portrait of the young Melbourne by Thomas Lawrence
- Portrait of Lord Palmerston, an 1845 portrait of Melbourne's colleague by John Partridge
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Ormond 1979, p. 98; Newall 1991, p. 310.
- ^ Ewing 1981, p. 110.
- ^ a b "NPG 941; William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne – Portrait Extended". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Ewing, Elizabeth (1981). Fur in Dress. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-1741-8.
- Newall, Christopher (1991). "Chapter 5: The Victorians 1830–1880". The British Portrait, 1660–1960. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 978-1-85149-107-0.
- Ormond, Richard, ed. (1979). National Portrait Gallery in Colour. Studio Vista / Book Club Associates.
Further reading
[edit]- Leonard, Dick (2020). British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries: Volume 1. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-00-017809-8.
- Mitchell, L. G. (1997). Lord Melbourne, 1779–1848. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-820592-0.
External links
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Media related to Viscount Melbourne (Partridge) at Wikimedia Commons
