Portrait of Lord Melbourne (Partridge)

Painting by John Partridge

Portrait of Lord Melbourne is an 1844 portrait painting by the English artist John Partridge portraying the British politician and former prime minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne.^[1]

Melbourne is shown as a distinguished statesman wearing a fur-lined coat.^[2] Behind him on the top right is a large leather bound volume of state papers. The portrait likely grew out of a study of Melbourne for Partridge's work The Fine Arts Commissioners. He also depicted Melbourne's fellow commissioners Lord Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston in portraits in preparation for the painting.^[3] The painting is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London, having been donated in 1893 by Lord Carlisle whose father had acquired it from the artist.^[3]

See also

• Portrait of Lord Melbourne (Lawrence), an 1805 portrait of the young Melbourne by Thomas Lawrence
• Portrait of Lord Palmerston, an 1845 portrait of Melbourne's colleague by John Partridge

References

Citations

1. Ormond 1979, p. 98; Newall 1991, p. 310.
2. Ewing 1981, p. 110.
3. "NPG 941; William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne – Portrait Extended". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 13 August 2024.

Bibliography

• Ewing, Elizabeth (1981). Fur in Dress. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-1741-8.
• Newall, Christopher (1991). "Chapter 5: The Victorians 1830–1880". The British Portrait, 1660–1960. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 978-1-85149-107-0.
• Ormond, Richard, ed. (1979). National Portrait Gallery in Colour. Studio Vista / Book Club Associates.

Further reading

• Leonard, Dick (2020). British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Salisbury: The 18th and 19th Centuries: Volume 1. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-00-017809-8.
• Mitchell, L. G. (1997). Lord Melbourne, 1779–1848. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-820592-0.

External links

• Media related to Viscount Melbourne (Partridge) at Wikimedia Commons