Portrait of Lord Clanwilliam
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| Portrait of Lord Clanwilliam | |
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| Artist | Thomas Lawrence |
| Year | 1819 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 76.2 cm × 62.5 cm (30.0 in × 24.6 in) |
| Location | Private Collection |
Portrait of Lord Clanwilliam is an 1819 portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Lawrence. It depicts the Irish diplomat Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam, a prominent figure of the Regency era. Lawrence was a noted Romantic painter who was celebrated for his fashionable, stylish portraits. The following year he was elected President of the Royal Academy.
Clanwilliam was the son of the Anglo-Irish aristocrat Lord Clanwilliam and his Austrian wife. Along with his sister Selina, he grew up in Vienna. As a young man he became private secretary of the British Foreign Secretary Lord Castlereagh.[1] After Castlereagh's suicide in 1822, he served as Ambassador to Prussia from 1823 until 1827.
