Not on display

The Duke of Marlborough

Oil Painting
1862-1871 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Barwell, Frederick Bacon (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (painted)

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.

The 6th Duke of Marlborough was Lord President of the Council, 1867-8.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Portraits
History of the V&A
Object type
Oil painting
TitleThe Duke of Marlborough
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil
Canvas
Painted
Brief description
Oil on canvas, 'Medallion Portrait of the Duke of Marlborough', Frederick Bacon Barwell, 1862-1871
Physical description
Medallion Portrait of the Duke of Marlborough
Dimensions
  • Approx. diameter: 19.75in
Dimensions taken from Summary catalogue of British Paintings, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973
Object history
Commissioned for the decoration of the South Kensington Museum, 1862-1871
Subject depicted
Portrait
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.

The 6th Duke of Marlborough was Lord President of the Council, 1867-8.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
753-1870

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Record createdJune 12, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O125035/the-duke-of-marlborough-oil-painting-barwell-frederick-bacon/
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