Unknown man, formerly known as Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland
1 portrait by Louis Gauffier
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Unknown man, formerly known as Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland
by Louis Gauffier
oil on canvas, 1796
26 1/4 in. x 19 3/4 in. (667 mm x 502 mm)
Purchased, 1904
Primary Collection
NPG 1382
Sitterback to top
- Henry Richard Fox (later Vassall), 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840), Whig statesman and patron of art and letters. Sitter associated with 57 portraits.
This portraitback to top
This portrait by the French painter Louis Gauffier shows a smartly dressed young man on a hillside, with a view of Florence behind him. The portrait is signed by Gauffier and dated 1796, but the sitter is unknown. Gauffier worked in Italy in the 1790s and painted the portraits of many fashionable Englishmen and others on the Grand Tour. The sitter is probably one of these travellers. He may also have been a friend of Gauffier's, since he appears in other pictures by the painter.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 695
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 258, 590
Events of 1796back to top
Current affairs
Birth of Princess Charlotte, only child of George, Prince of Wales and Princess Caroline whose marriage soon quickly and publicly degenerates.Art and science
Fanny Burney publishes Camilla, one of several influential novels exploring social misunderstanding and the fashionable mode of sensibility.Architect William Chambers completes the building of Somerset House.
Collector William Beckford, the richest man in England, begins construction of his gothic fantasy Fonthill Abbey.
International
Napoleon Bonaparte assumes command of the French armies in Italy and defeats the Austrians at Millesimo and the Piedmontese at Mondovi.Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, arrives in India as a colonel.
John Adams is elected President of the United States, defeating Thomas Jefferson by three votes.
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