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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1773

This full-length portrait shows the Earl in Garter robes, advancing slightly to the left, but looking round to the right. He holds his hat in his right hand, and stands between a column and an urn. The prevailing colour in this figure is a silvery white, with the blue of the mantle subdued so that despite the grandeur of dress and pose, the eye is at once led to the tactile flesh-tints of the face and to the sardonic expression, sensitive mouth, and black eyebrows of the much-criticised statesman Earl.

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Title of artwork, date

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1773

Date supported

1958

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

240 x 150 cm

Grant

1000

Total cost

2000

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