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Portrait of Henry Addington (Beechey)

{{Short description|Painting by William Beechey}}

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Portrait of Henry Addington is an 1803 portrait painting by the English artist William Beechey depicting the then British prime minister Henry Addington.{{sfnm|1a1=Roberts|1y=1907|1p=215|2a1=Fedorak|2y=2002|2p=27|3a1=Saywell|3a2=Simon|3y=2004|3p=565}}

Addington succeeded William Pitt the Younger in 1801. Following the breakdown over the Peace of Amiens he led Britain in the early Napoleonic Wars and was faced with a threatened French invasion. In 1804, he was replaced by Pitt who returned to the premiership. In 1805, Addington rejoined the government and was made Viscount Sidmouth. From 1812 to 1822, he served as Home Secretary.{{sfn|Taylor|2018|p=249}}

Beechey, a member of the Royal Academy, was a prominent portraitist of the Regency era. Today the work is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, having been acquired in 1985.{{Cite web |title=NPG 5774; Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth – Portrait |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw07875/Henry-Addington-1st-Viscount-Sidmouth |access-date=13 August 2024 |publisher=National Portrait Gallery, London}}

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References

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  • {{Cite book |last=Fedorak |first=Charles John |title=Henry Addington, Prime Minister, 1801–1804: Peace, War, and Parliamentary Politics |date=2002 |publisher=University of Akron Press |isbn=978-1-884836-83-1}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=William |url=https://archive.org/details/sirwilliambeeche00robeiala |title=Sir William Beechey, R. A. |date=1907 |publisher=Duckworth and Co. |location=London}}
  • {{Cite book |title=Complete Illustrated Catalogue: National Portrait Gallery, London |date=2004 |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |isbn=978-1-903942-00-0 |editor-last=Saywell |editor-first=David |editor-last2=Simon |editor-first2=Jacob}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=David Francis |url={{GBurl|id=eOJgDwAAQBAJ}} |title=The Politics of Parody: A Literary History of Caricature, 1760–1830 |date=2018 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-23559-3 |url-access=limited}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book |last=Ziegler |first=Philip |author-link=Philip Ziegler |url=https://archive.org/details/addingtonlifeofh0000zieg |title=Addington: A Life of Henry Addington, First Viscount Sidmouth |date=1965 |publisher=Collins |location=London |url-access=registration}}

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Portrait of Henry Addington

Category:Paintings by William Beechey

Category:Paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait

Category:Portrait paintings of prime ministers of the United Kingdom

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