William Huskisson (1770-1830) politician

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Richard Rothwell was born in Athlone, Ireland. He trained at the Dublin Society’s School and became a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy at 24. He later moved to London and initially enjoyed great success there. Rothwell continued to exhibit in Dublin, while also showing work at the Royal Academy in London. In 1831, he travelled to Italy to spend three years educating himself in Italian art. In 1842, he married the daughter of a Belfast doctor and the couple moved between Ireland, the US, London and Italy. However, Rothwell was unable to match the success of his first spell in London. Late in his career he moved from portraiture to Italianate subject pictures. While working in Rome in 1868 he developed a fever and died, aged about 73.
    Thomas Hodgetts was a London-based landscape painter and mezzotint engraver of portraits and landscapes. He exhibited ten works at the Royal Academy, two at the British Institution and eleven at the Society of Artists in Suffolk Street, London.
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  • Details
    Title
    William Huskisson (1770-1830) politician
    Date
    published August 1832
    Medium
    Mezzotint
    Dimensions
    height: 31.80 cm, width: 25.20 cm
    Acquisition
    origin uncertain
    Provenance
    Probably acquired by or for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, c.1990s
    GAC number
    18373