'The Fine Arts Commissioners, 1846'

1 portrait

by John Partridge
oil on paper, circa 1846
18 3/4 in. x 33 7/8 in. (476 mm x 860 mm)
Given by John Partridge, 1872
Primary Collection
NPG 343a

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Artistback to top

John Partridge (1789-1872), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 42 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

Sittersback to top

George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 47 portraits.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-1861), Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Sitter in 175 portraits, Artist associated with 2 portraits.
Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1773-1848), Financier. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860), Architect. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Charles John Canning, Earl Canning (1812-1862), Governor-General and first viceroy of India. Sitter in 12 portraits.
George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802-1864), Viceroy of Ireland. Sitter in 76 portraits.
Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (1779-1854), Statesman and financier. Sitter in 5 portraits.
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), Painter; President of the Royal Academy and Director of the National Gallery. Sitter associated with 14 portraits, Artist associated with 2 portraits.
Charles Shaw-Lefevre, Viscount Eversley (1794-1888), Speaker of the House of Commons. Sitter in 11 portraits.
Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Bt (1792-1861), Statesman; First Lord of the Admiralty. Sitter associated with 53 portraits.
Henry Hallam (1777-1859), Historian. Sitter in 13 portraits.
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Bt (1786-1855), Tory politician. Sitter associated with 18 portraits.
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), Politician. Sitter associated with 74 portraits.
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863), Lord Chancellor and politician; son of the painter John Singleton Copley. Sitter associated with 75 portraits.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay (1800-1859), Historian, poet and statesman. Sitter in 27 portraits.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848), Prime Minister. Sitter in 141 portraits.
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1811-1864), Politician. Sitter in 16 portraits.
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 137 portraits.
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bt (1788-1850), Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 175 portraits.
Samuel Rogers (1763-1855), Poet, banker and connoisseur. Sitter in 23 portraits.
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878), Prime Minister and writer. Sitter associated with 223 portraits.
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805-1875), Historian; founding member and first chairman of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery. Sitter in 23 portraits.
George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland (1786-1861), President of the British Institution. Sitter associated with 11 portraits.
Peter Robert Drummond-Willoughby, 19th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1782-1865), Politician. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Sir Thomas Wyse (1791-1862), Diplomat and politician. Sitter associated with 8 portraits.

This portraitback to top

Appointed by the government in 1841 to consider the decoration of the new Houses of Parliament, the Commission organised competitions, and subsequently ordered frescoes, statues and other works of art from a wide range of artists. This is a study for Partridge's large picture of the Fine Arts Commissioners.