Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg, PC (1778-1866)
Joseph Slater (London 1782- Brighton 1837)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Pencil and chalk on paper
Measurements
9.00 x 7.50 in
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 921761
Summary
Drawing, pencil and chalk on paper, Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg, PC (1778-1866) by Joseph Slater (1782- Brighton 1837). Scottish politician and colonial administrator. He was the eldest son of Charles Grant, Chairman of the Directors of the East India Company. He became Chief Secretary for Ireland; Secretary of State for War and Treasurer of the Navy. From a set of portrait drawings of members of the Grillion Club, London.
Provenance
Acland
Makers and roles
Joseph Slater (London 1782- Brighton 1837), artist
References
Killerton House, Devon, 2000 [The National Trust] 2000, p.13. "THE CORRIDOR PICTURES The original Grillion's Club portraits, from which the engravings in the Study were taken, hang here; they include W.E.Gladstone, Lord John Russell, drafter of the 1832 Reform Bill, and Lord Ashley (later Lord Shaftesbury), the originator of the Factory Acts and Ragged Schools."