George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
(1797-1833), A founder of the National GalleryRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 10 portraits
Agar-Ellis campaigned for the purchase of the Angerstein collection, which formed the nucleus of the National Gallery.
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
NPG 999
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover; Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
by Sir George Hayter
pencil, circa 1820
NPG 2662(22)
Study for 'Patrons and Lovers of Art'
by Pieter Christoffel Wonder
oil on canvas, 1826-1830
NPG 794
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
by John Burnet, after George Sanders (Saunders)
line engraving, 1817
NPG D35377
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
by Richard James Lane, after Joseph Slater
lithograph, 1826 or after
NPG D20614
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
by William Brett, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, 1827
NPG D1781
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
by William Brett, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, 1827 (1823-1824)
NPG D1782
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
by William Brett, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1827
NPG D1783
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
by Edward Scriven, published by Fisher Son & Co, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, published 1830
NPG D14360
George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover
by William Ward, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after John Jackson
mezzotint, published 10 August 1833
NPG D19774
Related People
- Lucia Caroline Elizabeth (née Agar-Robartes), Lady Bagot (daughter)
- Henry Welbore Agar-Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden (father)
- Lady Caroline Agar-Ellis (née Spencer), Viscountess Clifden (mother)
- Henry Agar-Ellis, 3rd Viscount Clifden (son)
- Georgiana Agar-Ellis (née Howard), Baroness Dover (wife)
- George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (grandfather)
- Lady Caroline Spencer (née Russell), Duchess of Marlborough (grandmother)
- George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (uncle)
- Charlotte Nares (née Spencer) (aunt)
- Lady Elizabeth Spencer (aunt)
- Lord Henry John Spencer (uncle)
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