Portrait of Robert Clive

Portrait of Robert Clive
ArtistNathaniel Dance-Holland
Yearc.1770
TypeOil on canvas, portrait painting
Dimensions233.7 cm × 144.8 cm (92.0 in × 57.0 in)
Location

Portrait of Robert Clive is a 1770 portrait painting by the British artist Nathaniel Dance-Holland. It depicts the soldier and former governor of Bengal Robert Clive in military uniform and wearing the Order of the Bath. The image was a popular one and it was widely reproduced in engravings. [1] The original full-length portrait is at Powis Castle, which belonged to descendants of Clive and is now in the control of the National Trust.[2] A reduced vision, with the tranquil rural background of a river scene is replaced by the Battle of Plassey, is in the National Portrait Gallery in London.[3]

Dance-Holland also produced a painting of the sitter's wife Margaret Clive around this time. [4]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1180917
  2. ↑ "Robert Clive (1725–1774), 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, 'Clive of India' | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved Aug 17, 2026.
  3. ↑ "NPG 39; Robert Clive - Portrait Extended - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved Aug 17, 2026.
  4. ↑ https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1181067

Bibliography

  • Hussey, Christopher. Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire. Wilding & Son, 1953.
  • Ingamells, John. National Portrait Gallery Mid-Georgian Portraits, 1760–1790. National Portrait Gallery, 2004.
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