Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751-99) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Sir Thomas Lawrence was born in Bristol; the son of a supervisor of excise. In 1773 the family moved to Wiltshire to run a coaching inn but financial difficulties led them to move again to Bath, where Lawrence first worked as a portraitist. He may have had lessons from William Hoare, before enrolling at the Royal Academy schools in 1787. Aged 20, he received a royal commission for portraits of Queen Charlotte (1789-90) and Princess Amelia (1789). At 23 he replaced Reynolds as Painter-in-Ordinary and at 25, became a Royal Academician. Despite such success, he never escaped crippling debt. In 1815 he was knighted and commissioned to paint the Waterloo Chamber series of portraits. He replaced West as President of the Royal Academy in 1820.

People

Francis, 5th Duke of Leeds Osborne (1751 - 1799)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, 18th century costume, ceremonial costume, coat of arms, Duke, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sword

Materials & Techniques

engraving, stipple engraving

Artist

Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830)
Robert Mitchell Meadows ( - 1812)

Title

Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1751-99) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Date

c.1792-1799

Medium

Stipple engraving

Acquisition

Transferred from the Foreign Office, 1932

GAC number

39I