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Portrait of the Duke of Portland

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Britain and France at the Birth of America: The European Powers and the Peace Negotiations of 1782-1783
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238.8 cm × 139.8 cm (94.0 in × 55.0 in)
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The Duke of Portland: Politics and Party in the Age of George III
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of the city and the work was displayed in the Mansion House in
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The painting was narrowly saved from destruction during the
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Portrait paintings of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
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Thomas Lawrence
Oil on canvas
portrait
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
Bristol
portrait painting
artist
Thomas Lawrence
politician
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Fox-North Coalition
Portland Whigs
William Pitt the Younger
French Revolution
Bristol
Bath
London
high society
full-length portrait
peer of the realm
City of Bristol
guineas
High steward
Queen Square
1831 Bristol riots
second Reform Bill
Bristol Museum
Clifton

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