Portrait of the Earl of Derby explained

Portrait of the Earl of Derby
Artist:Frederick Richard Say
Year:1844
Type:Oil on canvas, portrait
Height Imperial:55.9
Width Imperial:44
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
Museum:National Portrait Gallery
City:London

Portrait of the Earl of Derby is an 1844 portrait painting by the English artist Frederick Richard Say.[1] [2] It depicts the British politician Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby who served as Prime Minister on three occasions during the Victorian era.

After entering politics Derby was originally a Whig before switching to Robert Peel's Conservative Party in 1841. At the time of Say's painting he was serving as Secretary of War in Peel's second administration. Today it is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London having been donated by the sitter's grandson Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby in 1918.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Ramsden p.178
  2. Ormond p.135
  3. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw01808