George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer

John Singleton Copley

George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), First Lord of the Admiralty.

Probably commissioned by Lord Willoughby, Spencer's fellow Tory and admirer of Pitt, it shows Spencer wearing the ribbon and star of a Knight of the Garter.

c. 1800

Oil on canvas

737.0 x 610.0mm

NPG 1487

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