Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
Lord Robert Spencer (1747-1831), Third son of 3rd Duke of Marlborough
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c.1754
Painting by Thomas Hudson, The Family of the 3rd Duke of Marlborough, in which Lord Robert appears as a small child on the right. Blenheim (illus. Apollo, XCV, 1972, p 48).
1758
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, as a boy, half length, in van Dyck dress. Blenheim (D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, I, 2000, no.1671).
1769
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, three-quarter length standing in masquerade costume. Private Collection, from Woolbeding (D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, I, 2000, no.1672).
1791
Drawing by W. H. Brown bust-length oval, engraved W. Grainger 1791 (The Senator).
1803
Bust by Joseph Nollekens. formerly in the Temple of Liberty, Woburn Abbey (illus. Apollo, CXXX, 1989, p 31). Exhibited RA 1804 (951).
c.1813
Drawing by William Lane, Mr Fox and his Friends, see NPG 2076.
Doubtful Portraits
A drawing of 1796 by Henry Edridge, formerly at Holland House, provisionally identified as Spencer; one of the five friends of Fox from the St Anne’s Hill House sale, Phillips, 3rd day, 24 November 1924, lots 505-507 (cf. Lansdowne 1796 and Upper Ossory 1798).
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.
Painting by Thomas Hudson, The Family of the 3rd Duke of Marlborough, in which Lord Robert appears as a small child on the right. Blenheim (illus. Apollo, XCV, 1972, p 48).
1758
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, as a boy, half length, in van Dyck dress. Blenheim (D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, I, 2000, no.1671).
1769
Painting by Joshua Reynolds, three-quarter length standing in masquerade costume. Private Collection, from Woolbeding (D. Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, I, 2000, no.1672).
1791
Drawing by W. H. Brown bust-length oval, engraved W. Grainger 1791 (The Senator).
1803
Bust by Joseph Nollekens. formerly in the Temple of Liberty, Woburn Abbey (illus. Apollo, CXXX, 1989, p 31). Exhibited RA 1804 (951).
c.1813
Drawing by William Lane, Mr Fox and his Friends, see NPG 2076.
Doubtful Portraits
A drawing of 1796 by Henry Edridge, formerly at Holland House, provisionally identified as Spencer; one of the five friends of Fox from the St Anne’s Hill House sale, Phillips, 3rd day, 24 November 1924, lots 505-507 (cf. Lansdowne 1796 and Upper Ossory 1798).
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.