Portrait of Lord Grenville
| Portrait of Lord Grenville | |
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| Artist | John Hoppner  |
| Year | c. 1800 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Subject | Lord Grenville |
| Dimensions | 76.8 cm (30.2 in) × 63.5 cm (25.0 in) |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
| Owner | P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. |
| Accession No. | NPG 318 |
| Identifiers | Art UK artwork ID: william-wyndham-grenville-1st-baron-grenville-156843 |
Portrait of Lord Grenville is an 1800 portrait painting by the English artist John Hoppner.[1] It depicts the British politician William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, later prime minister from 1806 to 1807.
The son of George Grenville, prime minister during the 1760s, Grenville was a strong supporter of his cousin William Pitt the Younger. He broke with Pitt in the early 1800s and joined with the opposition Whigs led by Charles James Fox. Following Pitt's death in 1806 Grenville succeeded him as prime minister, heading the Whig-dominated Ministry of All the Talents; however, this fell from power after thirteen months.[2]
Hoppner was the London-born son of German-born parents and established himself as a prominent portraitist in Regency Britain. Today the painting is the National Portrait Gallery in London.[3]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Wright 2006, p. 439.
- ^ Stott 2020, p. 73.
- ^ "NPG 318; William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville – Portrait". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Stott, Anne M. (2020). The Lost Queen: The Life and Tragedy of the Prince Regent's Daughter. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 978-1-5267-3644-4.
- Wright, Christopher, ed. (2006). British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11730-1.
External links
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