Lord_Cornwallis.jpg

Summary

Thomas Gainsborough : Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis wikidata:Q28048086 reasonator:Q28048086
Artist
Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) wikidata:Q192720 s:en:Author:Thomas Gainsborough q:en:Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough
Description British painter, engraver and drawer
Date of birth/death 14 May 1727 Edit this at Wikidata 2 August 1788 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Sudbury London
Work location
Sudbury , London , Ipswich , Bath
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q192720
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Edit this at Wikidata "
label QS:Len,"Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Edit this at Wikidata "
label QS:Lde,"Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Portrait of Lord Cornwallis (1738 - 1805), two-time Governor-General of India from 1786 to 1793 and in 1805
Depicted people Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1783
date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions feigned oval
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Accession number
NPG 281
References
Source/Photographer National Portrait Gallery : NPG 281

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