Portrait of Charles Tudway, MP

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Maker


1727-1788

Title

Portrait of Charles Tudway, MP

Date of Production

1765

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 227.4 cm (canvas)
Width: 156.7 cm (canvas)

Object Number

P.1947.LF.155

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Charles Tudway (1713-1774) was Member of Parliament for Wells, in Somerset, before retiring in 1761 in favour of his son. His pose is carefully studied to convey his status as a landed gentleman. It follows the recommendations outlined in contemporary manuals of proper conduct to suggest ease, elegance and authority. Gainsborough painted a companion piece representing Tudway’s wife, now in the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Provenance

Lee Bequest 1947

Exhibition History

The Gilbert, Courtauld and Wernher Collections, London & England, 07/01/1998-03/02/1998

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