George Canning is an 1826 full-length portrait by the British artist Thomas Lawrence of the statesman George Canning, a leading Tory politician. His career had been seriously disrupted by his 1809 duel with his cabinet colleague Lord Castlereagh, until his appointment as Foreign Secretary in 1822 after Castlereagh's suicide led him to a revival. He is shown speaking in the House of Commons. It was painted around the same time as Lawrence was depicting Canning's colleague the Duke of Wellington. Commissioned by Robert Peel, it was one of eight portraits he exhibited at the Royal Academy that year. It received qualified praise from fellow painter John Constable.[1] The following year Canning became Prime Minister in succession to Lord Liverpool, but suffering from poor health died at Chiswick House after just 119 days in office. It is now part of the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.[2]
| George Canning | |
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| Artist | Thomas Lawrence |
| Year | 1826 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 238.1 « cm × 147.3 cm (?? × 58.0 in) |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
References
edit- ^ Levey p.269
- ^ National Portrait Gallery
Bibliography
edit- Davies, Huw J. Wellington's Wars: The Making of a Military Genius. Yale University Press, 2012.
- Levey, Michael. Sir Thomas Lawrence. Yale University Press, 2005.
See also
edit- Portrait of Lord Liverpool, an 1820 work by Lawrence showing Canning's colleague and predecessor as Prime Minister
- Portrait of Lord Goderich, an 1824 work by Lawrence depicting his successor as Prime Minister
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