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
Order this imageCollection
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. The Speaker, Arthur Onslow (1691–1768), is in the chair. The Chief Clerk, Edward Stables, and his assistant, Michael Aiskew, are seated to the Speakers' left. In the front benches, 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). There are several related drawings including in the Yale Center for British Art and the National Portrait Gallery.
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