The Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, MP (1762-1812)
George Francis Joseph, RA (Dublin 1764 – Cambridge 1846)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1809 - 1812
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
950 x 820 x 90 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 2900091
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, MP (1762-1812) by George Francis Joseph RA (Dublin 1764 – Cambridge 1846). A portrait of the Prime Minister from 1809 until his assassination in 1812. He was the brother-in-law of Sir John Trevelyan, 4th Bt (1734/5-1828). A version of this portrait is at Apsley House.
Provenance
Gift by Mr Raleigh Trevelyan of a group of five late-eighteenth-century portraits of members of the Trevelyan family and others related to them.
Makers and roles
George Francis Joseph, RA (Dublin 1764 – Cambridge 1846), artist