The Rt Hon. Henry Pelham, PC, MP (1696 - 1754)
after William Hoare of Bath, RA (Eye 1707 – Bath 1792)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1752 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas in frame.
Measurements
1041 x 1016 mm (41 x 40 in)
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1441483
Summary
[Destroyed in the fire of 2015] Oil painting on canvas, the Rt. Hon. Henry Pelham, PC, MP (1696 - 1754), after William Hoare of Bath, RA (Eye 1707 – Bath 1792). Statesman and brother of the 1st Duke of Newcastle. He was Prime Minister from 1743 until his death. A copy of a similar portrait, 1752, in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Provenance
Purchased by the Ministry of Public Building and Works in 1963 from the 6th Earl, transferred to the National Trust in 1977
Makers and roles
after William Hoare of Bath, RA (Eye 1707 – Bath 1792), artist