The Hon. Charles James Fox, MP (1749–1806) (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
John Rising (1753 – London 1817)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1784 - 1790
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1240 x 970 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129246
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Hon. Charles James Fox, MP (1749–1806) by John Rising (1753 – London 1817). Three-quarter-length portrait, turned to left, head to right, wearing a blue coat and yellow waistcoat, his right hand resting on a table on which lie some papers, one of which appears to be dated 1784. The inscription is indistinct but probably refers, as in the original by Reynolds, to the Bill of 1784 for regulating the affairs of the East India Company.
Provenance
In Agar-Ellis 1817 catalogue of Hardwick Hall; thence by inheritance until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Rising (1753 – London 1817), artist after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist