General Phipps, Mrs Norton and 2nd Baron Alvanley at the theatre

Sittersback to top

• William Arden, 2nd Baron Alvanley (1789-1849), Soldier. Sitter in 4 portraits.
• Edmund Phipps (1760-1837), General; son of 1st Baron Mulgrave. Sitter in 6 portraits.
• Caroline, Lady Stirling-Maxwell (1808-1877), Novelist and poet. Sitter in 4 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873), Painter. Artist associated with 54 portraits, Sitter in 21 portraits.

This portraitback to top

The emaciated figure of Edmund Phipps, Keeper of the Queen's Privy Purse and much involved in Landseer's royal commissions, stands to the left holding a programme and spectacles while the portly Baron Alvanley, a noted Regency buck and spendthrift, leans against a screen on the right. Mrs Caroline Norton - poet, novelist and society wit - sits between them wearing fashionable snake bandeaux in her hair.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 481
• Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 619
• Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 390

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Caricatures by Edwin Landseer (16 November 2009 - 23 May 2010)

Portrait setback to top

• Caricatures of prominent people by Sir Edwin Landseer, circa 1830-40

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Eyeglasses and spectacles
• Group portraits
• In profile