Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1783
29 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in. (749 mm x 622 mm)
Purchased, 1869
Primary Collection
NPG 281
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Sitterback to top
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), General and diplomat. Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
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- Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Portrait and landscape painter. Artist associated with 262 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Bayly, Christopher, The Raj: India and the British 1600-1947, 1990 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 19 October 1990 - 17 March 1991), p. 127
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 121
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 145
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