How you can use this image
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).
Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.
Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.
Notes
Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.
A marble bust of William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (d.1811). Grandson of Richard Boyle, The Architect Earl, who designed and built Chiswick House. An autograph version of the original, based on the Duke’s death mask, completed with reference to a portrait by Joshua Reynolds (1776). William is presented posthumously, as a younger man. His head rises and tilts to the left. His hair, swept back, curls around the ears. He wears classical, Roman style drapery and his chest is partially exposed. One of at least four produced in 1812 by the workshop of Joseph Nollekens. The first was commissioned by William’s son, the 6th ‘Bachelor’ Duke (Chatsworth). The second, for his close friend George IV, then Prince Regent and Nollekens’ patron (Windsor Castle).
Chiswick House
London
Title
William Cavendish (1748–1811), 5th Duke of Devonshire
Date
1757–1799
Medium
marble
Measurements
H 69.5 x W 52 x D 25.5 cm;
Plinth: H 83 x W 40.5 x D 41 cm
Accession number
88003135
Work type
Bust
Inscription description
on back
Chiswick House
Burlington Lane, Chiswick, London, Greater London W4 2RP England
-
William Pitt Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) -
HRH Frederick Duke of York (1763–1827) The Royal Hospital Chelsea -
Thomas Jones (1756–1807) Trinity College, University of Cambridge -
William Cavendish (1748–1811), 5th Duke of Devonshire Chiswick House -
Lord Newborough (1736–1807) English Heritage, Ranger's House -
Charles James Fox (1749–1806) Thirlestane Castle -
George III (1738–1820) The Royal Hospital Chelsea - 136 more