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Portrait of General Charles Vallancey

Title

Portrait of General Charles Vallancey

Creator

Twigg, Andrew Richard, d.1810

Date

1810

Identifier

RDS_treasures_177_Williams_Charles Vallancey.jpg

Subject

Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812
Portrait painting, Irish--19th century
Royal Dublin Society
Royal Dublin Society. Drawing Schools

Description

Portrait of General Charles Vallancey (Ca.1725-1812), British military surveyor, cartographer and Chief Engineer of Ireland, Vice-President of the (Royal) Dublin Society (1799-1812). The subject depicted full length, in three-quarter left profile, gazing front; seated in a carved giltwood armorial armchair with shaped oval upholstered back in a moulded frame and cabriole supports carved as dolphins on moulded supports and scrolled toes (the supports identical to those of RDS.534 The RDS President's Chair), against the left side of which two cartography portfolios are propped; his proper left arm on the armrest of the chair, his proper right arm resting on a cartograph which is spread between his lap and a table, upon which also is an inkwell and two quills; wearing a single-curl periwig, dark blue coat with high turndown collar, wide lapel and brass buttons, yellow stand-collar waistcoat, white cravat, dark breeches and highly polished black boots; set against a red curtain, pulled back to reveal the base of a classical column in the upper left of the composition.
Andrew Richard Twigg was a pupil at the Royal Dublin Society Drawing Schools.

Source

RDS Treasures Collection

Rights

Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Relation

RDS Library & Archives

Format

Painting

Coverage

Ca.1800-1810

Original Format

Oil on canvas

Physical Dimensions

228.5 x 152.5 cm

Collection

RDS Art Collection

Citation

Twigg, Andrew Richard, d.1810, “Portrait of General Charles Vallancey,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 11, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/4000.

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