Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey 'Clive of India', KB, FRS, DCL, MP (1725-1774)
after Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on glass
Measurements
665 x 585 mm (with frame)
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Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1180787.2
Summary
Oil painting on glass, Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey 'Clive of India', KB, FRS, DCL, MP (1725-1774), after Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788). A portrait based on Gainsborough's lost portrait which was engraved by John McArdell (see 'Treasures from India' catalogue p135), painted on a mirror ground.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with funding from The National Heritage Memorial Fund from John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis and Powis Estate Trustees in August 1999.
Credit line
Powis Castle, The Powis Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Thomas Gainsborough RA (Sudbury 1727 - London 1788), artist