William Wyndham, Lord Grenville (1759–1834)

Artist John Hoppner British, 1758–1810

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)
Frame: 58 x 48 x 3 1/2 in. (147.3 x 121.9 x 8.9 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.74

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceStowe House, England, until 1848; Sir Robert Peel and his heirs, until 1906; William Cox, Toronto.

Published ReferencesWilliam McKay and W. Roberts, John Hoppner, R.A. (London: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. and George Bell & Sons, 1909), 107. W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 87. British Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 2, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), no. 81, illus. (b-w). The Mint Museum of Art Presents British Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1973), cat. no. 18, illus. (b-w).

Exhibition HistoryCharlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "The Mint Museum of Art Presents British Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 16-December 30, 1973, cat. no. 18, illus. (b-w). Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, “History and Mystery: Discoveries in the NCMA British Collection,” August 6, 2016–June 25, 2017.

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