Portrait of Henry Addington (Copley)

{{Short description|Painting by John Singleton Copley}}

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| image_size=250px

| title=Portrait of Henry Addington

| artist= John Singleton Copley

| year= 1797–98

| type=Oil on canvas, portrait painting

| height_metric=237.4

| width_metric= 162.5

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| museum=Saint Louis Art Museum

| city=Missouri

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Portrait of Henry Addington is a c.1798 portrait painting by the Anglo-American artist John Singleton Copley. It depicts the British politician Henry Addington who served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1789 to 1801. He then served as Prime Minister between 1801 and 1804.Epstein XII

Addington is depicted at full-length in his speaker's robes with the ceremonial mace on the table and view of the House of Parliament on the left.Prown p.352 It was one of four paintings Copley submitted to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition at Somerset House. It was criticised in a review in the Whitehall Evening Post.Kamensky p.499 Today the painting is in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Missouri. https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/32930/