Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough

1 portrait

by Frederick Richard Say
oil on canvas, circa 1845
56 in. x 44 in. (1422 mm x 1118 mm)
Given by H.G. Boston, 1918
Primary Collection
NPG 1805

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Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871), Politician and Governor-General of India. Sitter associated with 31 portraits.

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Frederick Richard Say (1805-1860), Engraver. Artist associated with 45 portraits.

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Ellenborough wears the Star and Ribbon of the Bath, awarded him in 1844. Like Say's portraits of Derby and Newcastle, this was painted for Sir Robert Peel's 'Statemen's Gallery'. It retains its original frame.

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Hulme, Graham; Buchanan, Brian; Powell, Kenneth, The National Portrait Gallery: An Architectural History, 2000, p. 17
Ormond, Richard, Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p. 158
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 204
Simon, Jacob, The Art of the Picture Frame: Artists, Patrons and the Framing of Portraits in Britain, 1997 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 8 November 1996 - 9 February 1997), p. 116