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Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
19 of 30 portraits on display in Room 14 at the National Portrait Gallery
Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
by Thomas Gainsborough
oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1780
29 7/8 in. x 24 7/8 in. (760 mm x 631 mm)
Purchased, 1862
Primary Collection
NPG 150
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Sitterback to top
- Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717-1797), Field Marshal. Sitter in 6 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Portrait and landscape painter. Artist associated with 262 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 11
- Saumarez Smith, Charles, The National Portrait Gallery, 1997, p. 3022
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 11
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