The Right Honourable Lord Sydenham
Oil Painting
1868 (painted)
1868 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
This medallion painting was a commissioned design for one in series of mosaics. The mosaics formed a frieze of portrait heads of the Lords President of the Council (a British cabinet position), and their immediate predecessors, the Presidents of the Board of Trade, and were used in the decoration of the South Kensington Museum, later the V&A. All the portraits, with the exception of the Marquis of Salisbury were painted by F.B.Barwell.
Charles Edward Poulett-Thomson (later Lord Sydenham) was President of the Board of Trade in 1834.
Charles Edward Poulett-Thomson (later Lord Sydenham) was President of the Board of Trade in 1834.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Right Honourable Lord Sydenham (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil on canvas, 'Medallion Portrait of the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham', President of the Board of Trade, 1834, Frederick Bacon Barwell, 1868 |
| Physical description | Medallion Portrait of the Right Hon. Lord Sydenham, a young man with dark hair |
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| Object history | Commissioned for the decoration of the South Kensington Museum, 1862-1871 |
| Historical context | Charles Edward Poulett-Thomson (later Lord Sydenham) was President of the Board of Trade in 1834. |
| Summary | This medallion painting was a commissioned design for one in series of mosaics. The mosaics formed a frieze of portrait heads of the Lords President of the Council (a British cabinet position), and their immediate predecessors, the Presidents of the Board of Trade, and were used in the decoration of the South Kensington Museum, later the V&A. All the portraits, with the exception of the Marquis of Salisbury were painted by F.B.Barwell. Charles Edward Poulett-Thomson (later Lord Sydenham) was President of the Board of Trade in 1834. |
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| Accession number | 9-1873 |
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| Record created | May 5, 2006 |
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