Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (1769-1822) politician

Sir Thomas (after) Lawrence
Edmond Brock

Oil on canvas

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Uruguay
    City: Montevideo
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    Sir Thomas Lawrence was born in Bristol; the son of a supervisor of excise. In 1773 the family moved to Wiltshire to run a coaching inn but financial difficulties led them to move again to Bath, where Lawrence first worked as a portraitist. He may have had lessons from William Hoare, before enrolling at the Royal Academy schools in 1787. Aged 20, he received a royal commission for portraits of Queen Charlotte (1789-90) and Princess Amelia (1789). At 23 he replaced Reynolds as Painter-in-Ordinary and at 25, became a Royal Academician. Despite such success, he never escaped crippling debt. In 1815 he was knighted and commissioned to paint the Waterloo Chamber series of portraits. He replaced West as President of the Royal Academy in 1820.
  • Explore
    People
    Robert, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry Stewart (1769 - 1822)
    Places
    Subjects
    scroll (as Subject), male portrait, man, 18th century costume, cravat, Order of the Garter, Marquess, curtain
    Materials & Techniques
    canvas, oil, oil painting
  • Details
    Artist
    Sir Thomas (after) Lawrence
    Edmond Brock
    Title
    Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (1769-1822) politician
    Date
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 122.00 cm, width: 101.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Presented by Lord Londonderry, February 1953
    Inscription
    none visible
    Provenance
    Commissioned in 1952 by Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry for presentation to the Ministry of Works; presented by Londonderry in February 1953
    GAC number
    2088