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This portrait of Lord Chief Justice William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, was painted by the Scottish portraitist David Martin. It is a reduced version of a full-length by Martin, painted in 1770 for Christ Church College, Oxford, Lord Mansfield’s alma mater. The portrait depicts Mansfield as almost regal, clothed in a baron’s coronation robes, with his right hand on an open copy of Cicero, indicating his persona as a Renaissance Man. Lord Mansfield was fluent in Latin and translated Cicero’s works into English whilst at Oxford University. The background is dominated by a bust of Greek poet Homer, which had been bequeathed to Lord Mansfield by his great friend Alexander Pope. The twisted Solomonic column (so-called from their supposed used in King Solomon’s temple) is an allusion to the wisdom on Lord Mansfield’s legal judgements.
English Heritage, Kenwood
London
Title
William Murray (1705–1793), 1st Earl of Mansfield
Date
1775
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 120.2 x W 92.7 cm
Accession number
88029020
Acquisition method
presented to Kenwood by Lady Ilford, 1975
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
LORD MANSFIELD, Chief Justice of England 1775
English Heritage, Kenwood
Hampstead Lane, London, Greater London NW3 7JR England
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Captain Robert Maxwell (1770–1796) Pollok House -
William Murray (1705–1793), 1st Earl of Mansfield English Heritage, Kenwood -
George Murdoch (1715–1795), Provost of Glasgow (1754–1755 & 1766–1767) Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC) -
William Murray (1705–1793), Earl of Mansfield Christ Church, University of Oxford -
Elizabeth Colt (d.1803) National Trust for Scotland, The Georgian House -
Robert Trotter (c.1750–1807) University of Edinburgh -
Charles Dillon-Lee (1745–1813), 12th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallin National Trust, Basildon Park - 50 more