Robert Stewart, 2nd Viscount Castlereagh, later 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, MP (1769–1822)
Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Dublin 1739/40 - Dublin 1808)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1801
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
915 x 610 mm
Place of origin
Dublin
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1219982
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Robert Stewart, 2nd Viscount Castlereagh, later 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, MP (1769–1822) by Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Dublin 1739/40 – Dublin 1808), painted in 1800-1801 in Dublin. A half-length portrait of Viscount Castlereagh, turned to the right, wearing a dark coat and white stock. See also portrait of Nicolas Price (NT 1221327)
Provenance
On loan to the National Trust from the estate of Lady Mairi Bury.
Makers and roles
Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Dublin 1739/40 - Dublin 1808), artist
References
Fintan Cullen, The oil paintings of Hugh Douglas Hamilton, The Fiftieth Volume of the Walpole Society, 1984, no.19, p.183, illustrated fig.101