Record

Document Reference	Ne C 12304
Title	Article from the 'Illustrated London News'; 12 Nov. 1859
Date	12 November 1859
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Reports that the trustees of the National Portrait Gallery will not buy Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait of Lord Brougham; says that they insist on the subject being deceased for ten years before purchase and Lord Brougham is still alive; says that the Duke of Newcastle 'loves and understands British portraiture' and has 'bought what the nation would not buy'; states that the portrait will be added to the collection at Clumber [Park].
Term	art, portraits
	estate business, Clumber Park, purchase of art
	art, portraits, at Clumber Park
	art, galleries, National Portrait Gallery
	publications, journals, 'Illustrated London News'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6069	Brougham; Henry P. (1778-1868); 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Lord Chancellor	1778-1868
NA945	Clinton; Henry P.F. Pelham- (1811-1864); 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; styled Earl of Lincoln until 1851	1811-1864
NA13009	Lawrence; Thomas (1769-1830); Sir; artist; president of the Royal Academy; knighted 1815	1769-1830