The Right Hon. Henry Bilson-Legge (1708-1764) as Chancellor of the Exchequer
after William Hoare of Bath, RA (Eye 1707 – Bath 1792)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1727 - 1792
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 991 mm (49 x 39 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1530101
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Right Hon. Henry Bilson-Legge (1708-1764) as Chancellor of the Exchequer by William Hoare of Bath, RA (Eye 1707 – Bath 1792). A three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned slightly to left, facing, wearing a wig, loosely tied lace cravat and the robes of Chancellor of the Exchequer; he holds a rolled document in his left hand. The Chancellor's purse sits on a table to the left. Curtained background. It is a copy of a painting at Lodge Park, Sherborne, NT 562408. He was the fourth son of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth; MP East Looe 1740; Orford 1741-59; a Lord of the Admiralty 1745-7; a Lord of the Treasury 1746; Envoy Extraordinary to the King of Prussia 1748; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1754-5, 1756-7, 1757-61; MP for Hampshire 1759-64 and had a great reputation as a financier.
Credit line
Hinton Ampner, The Ralph Dutton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after William Hoare of Bath, RA (Eye 1707 – Bath 1792), artist