William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809) (after Reynolds)

John Powell (fl.1769 – 1785). Oil painting on canvas, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809) (after Reynolds) by John Powell (fl.1769 – 1785), 1782. A three-quarter-length portrait of a man, turned to the left, gazing to the left, seated in a red upholstered armchair, holding some papers with his left hand and his cheek leaning on his right hand. Dressed in dark crimson velvet coat and breeches, with white stockings, Short powdered wig, tied at the back with a black ribbon. Architectural setting with pillard portico on the left, with view of trees and sky. On the desk are two bronze statuettes, one of Samson holding the jawbone of an ass, the other appears to be a boxer. The brother of Henrietta Cavendish-Bentinck, wife of the 5th Earl of Stamford. Identified in an inventory of 1787 as a copy painted in 1782 by Powell after Reynolds. Dunham Massey, Cheshire (Accredited Museum)