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| Keywords: 3rd Duke of Portland.jpg A three-quarter-length portrait of William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland turned to the left gazing to the left seated in a red upholstered armchair holding some papers with his left hand and his cheek leaning on his right hand Dressed in dark crimson velvet coat and knee-breeches with white stockings Short powdered wig tied at the back with a black ribbon Architectural background with pillard portico on the left with view of trees and sky On the table are books and two bronze statuettes one representing either Samson or Hercules holding the jawbone of an ass the other possibly a boxer 1782 Oil on canvas 1422 x 1092 mm 56 x 43 in Dunham Massey Cheshire North West object history Bequeathed to the National Trust with the house estate and all the contents of Dunham Massey by Roger Grey 10th Earl of Stamford 1896 - 1976 credit line Dunham Massey The Stamford Collection National Trust The original is at Welbeck Abbey in the Cavendish Bentinck collection John Powell was recorded as Reynolds ™s assistant in 1778 and was known to have also copied Reynolds ™s pictures in small The painting is identified in an inventory of 1787 as a copy painted in 1782 William Henry Cavendish Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland K G born 1738 succeeded to Dukedom 1762 Viceroy of Ireland in 1782 Prime Minister under George 3rd 1783 “1807 Married 1766 Dorothy only Daughter of William 4th Duke of Devonshire who died in 1794 He died 30 October 1809 Catalogue of the pictures belonging to His Grace the Duke of Portland at Welbeck Abbey and in London by Charles Fairfax Murray 1849 “1919 published 1894 accession number NT 932291 http //www bbc co uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/william-henry-cavendish-bentinck-17381809-3rd-duke-of-portland BBC Paintings and http //www nationaltrustcollections org uk/object/932291 National Trust other versions Engraved in mezzotint by John Murphy also after Reynolds published 1785 PD-art-100 Disputed copyright The photograph of this artwork was taken in the United Kingdom The National Trust which created the photograph believes that the photograph is considered to be in copyright in the United Kingdom and respectfully asks that they be given credit for the photograph when used PD-Art images in the UK with copyright claims on photographs PD-art-100 DEFAULTSORT Portland William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland Dunham Massey Hall National Trust 18th-century oil portraits of sitting men at three-quarter length Portrait paintings of sitting men with hands resting on tables Works after Joshua Reynolds | ||||
