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Summary

anonymous: Lord Viscount Sydney (

)

Artist

John Young (1755–1825)



Alternative names	Gilbert Charles Stuart ; Birth name: Gilbert Charles Stewart
Description	American painter and portraitist
Date of birth/death	3 December 1755	9 July 1828
Location of birth/death	North Kingston (Newport, Rhode Island)	Boston
Work location	Boston, New York City, London, Dublin
Authority file	: Q41402 VIAF: 61689381 ISNI: 0000000066349660 ULAN: 500010392 LCCN: n50083265 NLA: 35149085 WorldCat

Title

Lord Viscount Sydney

Description

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.

Date

circa 1790

Medium

mezzotint print

Dimensions

37.6 x 28.7 cm

Collection

National Portrait Gallery

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery
	Location	Australian Capital Territory , Australia
	Coordinates	35° 18′ 00″ S, 149° 08′ 02″ E
	Established	1999
	Website	www.portrait.gov.au
	Authority file	: Q1489633 VIAF: 158126311 ISNI: 0000000446483124 LCCN: n98052378 GND: 10173428-1 J9U: 987007451697405171 WorldCat

Current location

not on view

Accession number

2012.176

Object history

Purchased 2012

Source/Photographer

http://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2012.176

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Licensing

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:23, 11 July 2016	877 × 1,200 (235 KB)	P. S. Burton
	23:12, 10 July 2016	715 × 931 (185 KB)	P. S. Burton
	19:29, 14 July 2008	392 × 452 (75 KB)	Adam sk~commonswiki	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1732-1800)}} \|Source=http://www.fotosearch.com/clip-art/sydney.html \|Author=Contemporary engraving \|Date= \|Permission= \|other_versions= }}