Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby (1762-1847) politician

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Thomas Phillips was born in Dudley, Warwickshire, of modest means. He took up an apprenticeship with a stained glass painter, before moving to London in 1790 to study at the Royal Academy and work in the studio of Sir Benjamin West. Phillips exhibited work at the Academy between 1794 and 1844. In 1808, he was elected a Royal Academician and, in 1825, succeeded Henry Fuseli as Professor of Painting at the Academy. Phillips was a prolific artist, as demonstrated by the 859 portraits listed in his sitters’ notebook. However, today only about 300 portraits by the artist are known to survive.

People

Dudley, 1st Earl of Harrowby Ryder (1762 - 1847)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, 19th century costume, Earl, Lord President of the Council, Member of Parliament, Privy Counsellor, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, President of the Board of Control

Materials & Techniques

engraving, stipple engraving

Artist

Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845)
John Massey Wright (1777 - 1866)
John Samuel Agar (c.1773 - 1858)

Title

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby (1762-1847) politician

Date

published 4 February 1813

Medium

Stipple engraving

Dimensions

height: 40.50 cm, width: 34.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from F B Daniell & Son, June 1958

GAC number

4650