Portrait of Lord Melbourne (Partridge)

Painting by John Partridge

Portrait of Lord Melbourne

Lord Melbourne over chimney piece
Artist| John Partridge
Year| 1844
Medium| Oil on canvas
Subject| Lord Melbourne
Dimensions| 127 cm (50 in) × 101.6 cm (40.0 in)
Location| National Portrait Gallery, London
Accession No.| NPG 941
Identifiers| Art UK artwork ID: william-lamb-2nd-viscount-melbourne-157460

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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

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* 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

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### Citations

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

### Bibliography

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* 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

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* 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

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