Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811), Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Succeeded as 5th Duke 1764; in Italy 1768-69; KG 1782; the phlegmatic husband successively of Georgiana Spencer and Elizabeth Foster and the patron of Fox, who died in his house at Chiswick; once described as ‘a jewel not yet well polished’.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.