Oil paint on canvas
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Philip Sansom
Bequeathed by Miss Ellen Sansom 1894
actions: postures and motions
adults
chair
curtain
domestic
furnishings
individuals: male
interior - non-specific
interiors
man
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
Sansom, Philip
sitting
<p>This sitter is Philip Sansom (died 1815), a wealthy London merchant and banker. He was one of the 12 founding members of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. At their first meeting in 1787, the group resolved that the slave trade was ‘both impolitick and unjust’. While opposed to the practice of enslavement itself, the group believed abolishing the trade it relied on was more immediately achievable. This portrait was painted towards the end of Sansom’s life. Thomas Lawrence was widely celebrated and admired for conveying the character of his sitters.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2023</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
26 September 2022
26 September 2022
2022-09-26
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-09-26
Gallery 10
Collection based display
Philip Sansom
support: 1264 × 1016 mm
Bequeathed by Miss Ellen Sansom 1894
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<p>This sitter is Philip Sansom (died 1815), a wealthy London merchant and banker. He was one of the 12 founding members of the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. At their first meeting in 1787, the group resolved that the slave trade was ‘both impolitick and unjust’. While opposed to the practice of enslavement itself, the group believed abolishing the trade it relied on was more immediately achievable. This portrait was painted towards the end of Sansom’s life. Thomas Lawrence was widely celebrated and admired for conveying the character of his sitters.</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults chair curtain domestic furnishings individuals: male interior - non-specific interiors man named individuals objects people portraits Sansom, Philip sitting