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<p>A three-quarter-length portrait of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 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 knee-breeches, with white stockings, Short powdered wig, tied at the back with a black ribbon. Architectural background with pillard portico on the left, with view of trees and sky. On the 
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table are books, and two bronze statuettes, one representing either Samson or Hercules holding the jawbone of an ass, the other possibly a boxer.</div>
<bdi>After <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Joshua_Reynolds" class="extiw" title="w:en:Joshua Reynolds"><span title="English painter (1723-1792)">Joshua Reynolds</span></a>
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/william-henry-cavendish-bentinck-17381809-3rd-duke-of-portland-130665">BBC Paintings</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/932291">National Trust</a>