John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863) Lord Chancellor

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

Henry William Pickersgill was a sought-after British portrait painter. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1806 and exhibited at the Royal Academy from this year until 1872. Although known for his portraits, he also produced landscapes, scenes from the works of Shakespeare and Byron, and genre figure paintings. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1826 and in 1856 he assumed the role of librarian to the Royal Academy, a position he held until his death in 1875.

People

John Singleton, Baron Lyndhurst Copley (1772 - 1863)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, lawyer, Baron, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Solicitor General, Master of the Rolls, Attorney General, Member of Parliament, Lord Chancellor

Materials & Techniques

mezzotint

Artist

Henry William Pickersgill (1782 - 1875)
George Thomas Payne

Title

John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863) Lord Chancellor

Date

1 July 1840

Medium

Mezzotint

Acquisition

Purchased from Mrs Dorothy Lane, February 1958

GAC number

4493