The Right Honourable Henry Labouchere (Lord Taunton)
Oil Painting
1862-1871 (painted)
1862-1871 (painted)
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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 Right Hon Henry Labouchere (Lord Taunton) was President of the Board of Trade, 1850-2.
The Right Hon Henry Labouchere (Lord Taunton) was President of the Board of Trade, 1850-2.
Object details
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| Title | The Right Honourable Henry Labouchere (Lord Taunton) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil on canvas, 'Medallion Portrait of the Right Hon Henry Labouchere (Lord Taunton)', Frederick Bacon Barwell, 1862-1871 |
| Physical description | Medallion portrait of the Right Hon Henry Labouchere (Lord Taunton) |
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| Object history | Commissioned for the decoration of the South Kensington Museum, 1862-1871 |
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| 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 Right Hon Henry Labouchere (Lord Taunton) was President of the Board of Trade, 1850-2. |
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| Accession number | 749-1870 |
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| Record created | June 12, 2006 |
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