| Portrait of Richard Cumberland | |
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| Artist | George Romney |
| Year | c.1776 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 124.5 cm× 99.1 cm(49.0 in× 39.0 in) |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
Portrait of Richard Cumberland is a c.1776 portrait painting by the British artist George Romney of the playwright and diplomat Richard Cumberland. [1]
Cumberland was a popular writer whose plays such as The West Indian had appeared in London's West End. [2] [3] During the late 1770s he went on a mission to Madrid in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Spanish entry into the American War of Independence. Romney was a top portraitist of the Georgian era. Today the work is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery on Trafalgar Square having been purchased from the sitter's grandson in 1857. [4]