MAKE A MEME View Large Image 1stViscountSydney.jpg John Young 1755 “1825 Mezzotint engraving of Thomas Townshend 1st Viscount Sydney 1732 “1800 after a portrait painting by Gilbert Stuart The sitter is portrayed at half-length seated in an upholstered armchair studded ...
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Keywords: 1stViscountSydney.jpg John Young 1755 “1825 Mezzotint engraving of Thomas Townshend 1st Viscount Sydney 1732 “1800 after a portrait painting by Gilbert Stuart The sitter is portrayed at half-length seated in an upholstered armchair studded with small nails his body is nearly full-front with the head and eyes turned three-quarters left He wears a dark coat with a collar of velvet his coat being buttoned across his chest but opened below showing a waistcoat His stock and shirt ruffles are of white muslin and his wig or hair is powdered His face is plump and his complexion beefy expressing mental and physical activity with a look of hauteur He sits beside a table covered with a cloth on which is an inkstand two quill pens a tray with a piece of sealing-wax and a packet of letters with one unfolded His left arm rests upon the chair arm and the left hand partially closed is shown but the right hand is concealed by the table The background is plain otherdate circa 1790 mezzotint 37 6 x 28 7 cm Institution National Portrait Gallery Canberra Not on view object history Purchased 2012 exhibition history credit line accession number 2012 176 place of creation http //www portrait gov au/portraits/2012 176 Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart jpg PD-Art-100 Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain 1732 births People of the British Army Departments of the government of the United Kingdom 1800 deaths Government of the United Kingdom Barons in the Peerage of Great Britain
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