Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere KG, PC, (1800-1857)
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 921762
Summary
Drawing, pencil and chalk on paper, Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere KG, PC, (1800-1857) by Joseph Slater (1782- Brighton 1837). Statesman and poet. Son of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Sutherland. He married Harrriet Catherine Greville. He became MP for Bletchingley, Sutherland and South Lancashire respectively. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland and Secretary at War 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."