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Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle

Edmund Law, Bishop of Carlisle
(1771-1773)

Medium
oil on canvas on wood panel

Measurements
127.8 × 102.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920

Gallery location
17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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About this work

Edmund Law (1703–87), born at Cartmel, Lancashire, was educated at St John’s College, Cambridge. He became Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1754 and was appointed Bishop of Carlisle in 1769. He was the author of Considerations of the Theory of Religion (1749), The Life of John Locke (1777) and other publications. This formal portrait was painted for the sitter’s eldest son, Dr John Law, Bishop of Clonfert. A native of Lancashire, the artist, George Romney, moved to London in 1762, where he rose to prominence as a portrait painter, at the height of his career rivalling Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough.

Artwork Details

Accession Number
1048-3

Department
International Painting

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