Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694–1773), 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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Chesterfield was a shrewd politician, noted for his fine oratory, which he modelled on his beloved Cicero, a caustic and untiring opponent of Sir Robert Walpole, and an enlightened Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. A patron of literature who offended Dr Johnson, Chesterfield was an ardent Francophile and an intimate friend of Montesquieu as well as Alexander Pope, and an urbane man of the world whose stoic philosophy of life and belief in the cultivation of the graces are enshrined in the celebrated letters to his son, published after his death.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694–1773), 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Date

1745

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 57.8 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

5829

Acquisition method

purchased with help from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund and the Pilgrim Trust, 1985

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

incised and dated

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