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George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont

(1751-1837), Patron of art

Regency 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.

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George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont, by John Samuel Agar, published by  T. Cadell & W. Davies, after  John Wright, after  Thomas Phillips - 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 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 - NPG D14676

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 - NPG D36130

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 - NPG D1831

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 - NPG D20446

George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont

by Samuel William Reynolds, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 1826
NPG D20446

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