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Thomas Gainsborough
The Rt Hon. Charles Wolfran Cornewall (1785-1786)
oil on canvas
228.0 × 148.5 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1962
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The Rt Hon. Charles Wolfran Cornewall
(1785-1786)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
228.0 × 148.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Everard Studley Miller Bequest, 1962
Gallery location
17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
The sitter in this portrait, the Rt Hon. Charles Wolfran Cornewall, was born in 1735 at Berrington, Herefordshire. Cornewall was called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn, but soon retired from professional life. He was a Member of Parliament from 1768, Lord Treasurer 1774–80, Chief Justice and Privy Councillor in 1780, and Speaker of the House of Commons until his death in 1789.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
1204-5
Department
International Painting
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Subjects (general)
Portraits Portraits
Subjects (specific)
members of Parliament men (male humans) politicians robes (main garments) seated figures wigs