Portrait of Lord Grenville

Portrait of Lord Grenville is an 1800 portrait painting by the English artist John Hoppner. It depicts the British politician William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, later prime minister from 1806 to 1807.

Portrait of Lord Grenville
Artist	John Hoppner
Year	c. 1800
Medium	Oil on canvas, portrait
Subject	William Grenville
Dimensions	76.8 cm × 63.5 cm (30.2 in × 25.0 in)
Location	National Portrait Gallery, London
Owner	P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.
Accession No.	NPG 318
Identifiers	Art UK artwork ID: william-wyndham-grenville-1st-baron-grenville-156843

The son of George Grenville, prime minister during the 1760s, Grenville was a strong supporter of his cousin William Pitt the Younger. He broke with Pitt in the early 1800s and joined with the opposition Whigs led by Charles James Fox. Following Pitt's death in 1806 Grenville succeeded him as prime minister, heading the Whig-dominated Ministry of All the Talents; however, this fell from power after thirteen months.

Hoppner was the London-born son of German-born parents and established himself as a prominent portraitist in Regency Britain. Today the painting is the National Portrait Gallery in London.

References

Bibliography

• Stott, Anne M. (2020). The Lost Queen: The Life and Tragedy of the Prince Regent's Daughter. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 978-1-5267-3644-4.
• Wright, Christopher, ed. (2006). British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11730-1.

External links

• Media related to Baron Grenville (Hoppner, NPG 318) at Wikimedia Commons