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Speaker Arthur Onslow calling upon Sir Robert Walpole to speak in the House of Commons

Sir James Thornhill (Melcombe Regis 1675 - Stalbridge 1734) and William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764)

Category

Art / Oil paintings

Date

1730

Materials

Oil on canvas

Measurements

991 x 1270 mm (39 x 50 in)

Place of origin

England

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Collection

Clandon Park, Surrey

NT 1441463

Summary

[Saved] Oil painting on canvas, Speaker Arthur Onslow calling upon Sir Robert Walpole to speak in the House of Commons by Sir James Thornhill (Melcombe Regis 1675 - Stalbridge 1734) and William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764), 1730. A scene in the House of Commons, with Sir Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford, KG, MP (1676-1745), left, being called by the Speaker to address the House (this is clearer in drawing at Yale Center for British Art, New Haven), and the Speaker, Arthur Onslow (1691–1768), in the chair. The Chief Clerk, Edward Stables, and his assistant, Aiskew, are seated at the right. In the front row above, from left to right are: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645-1712), the Father of the House (MP for St Germains); Colonel Richard Onslow (1654 -1717), brother of the Speaker (MP for Guildford); and the artist, Sir James Thornhill (MP for Melcombe Regis).

Provenance

Purchased by the Ministry of Public Building and Works in 1963 from the 6th Earl, transferred to the National Trust in 1977

Credit line

Clandon Park, The Onslow Collection (National Trust)

Marks and inscriptions

Marked.

Makers and roles

Sir James Thornhill (Melcombe Regis 1675 - Stalbridge 1734) and William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764) , artist Sir James Thornhill (Woolland 1675 - Stalbridge 1734), artist William Hogarth (London 1697 - London 1764), artist

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