Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
15 of 218 portraits by Thomas Phillips
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
by Thomas Phillips
oil on panel, 1818
36 in. x 30 3/8 in. (914 mm x 772 mm)
Given by the sitter's widow, 1859
Primary Collection
NPG 86
On display in Room 18 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
Sitterback to top
- Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781-1841), Sculptor. Sitter in 11 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 267 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 218 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This portrait was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1818 and shows Chantrey at the age of thirty-seven. He is holding a modelling tool in his left hand and rests his arm on a marble head. The statuette in the background is of Lady Louisa Russell.
Linked publicationsback to top
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- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 114
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 104
Events of 1818back to top
Current affairs
Death of Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's Queen since 1761.Official enquiry initiated into Queen Caroline's conduct abroad.
Art and science
Mary Shelley anonymously publishes her masterpiece Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus which reflects growing concern about the role of morality in science.Lord Byron completes his romance Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage, whose gloomy, dissolute hero was probably based on the writer himself.
International
Stamford Raffles acquires authorisation to construct a fort at Singapore marking the beginning of its development as a centre of East-West trade.Congress of European Alliance at Aix-La-Chapelle. Lord Castlereagh plays a central role in establishing a pan-Europe peace settlement to bring a chastened France back into the world of political respectability.
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