George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
(1751-1837), Patron of artRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 9 portraits
On the death of his father when he was eleven Wyndham succeeded to vast ancestral property including Petworth House in Sussex, and a great art collection. In his youth Egremont's reputation was as a man of fashion and as a womaniser. In 1794, he sold his London house and moved the ancestral art collection to Petworth. It was constantly visited by artists, many of whom he kept in employment. He bought Old Masters and antique sculpture, as well as commissioning numerous landscapes, subject pictures, and portraits. Most famous as the patron of Turner and a host of British painters and sculptors, Egremont also stood out as an enlightened and philanthropic landowner and an innovative farmer.
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
NPG 999
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1829
NPG 316a(43)
Study for 'Patrons and Lovers of Art'
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
oil on canvas, circa 1830
NPG 795
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
by John Samuel Agar, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Wright, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, published 16 April 1810
NPG D36129
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
by John Samuel Agar, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Wright, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, published 16 April 1810
NPG D14676
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
by Charles Turner, published by John Phillips, after William Derby
mezzotint, published 1 December 1825
NPG D36130
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
by William Ward, after John James Masquerier
mezzotint, published 1825
NPG D1831
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 1826
NPG D20446
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
after John Edward Carew
line engraving, 1837 or after
NPG D36128
Related People
- Frances Ilive (née Wyndham), Lady Burrell (daughter)
- Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (father)
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