James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale
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Published 2018-07-25T16:16:37+00:00
Despite his aristocratic birth, the Earl of Lauderdale became a fervent supporter of the French Revolution, following a visit to Paris in 1792. He became the leader of the opposition Whig party in Scotland, and was nicknamed 'Citizen Maitland'. He co-founded the Society of the Friends of the People in Scotland, a radical, reformist political group and wrote the highly influential 'Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth' (1804). He later abandoned his Whig convictions and became a Tory. In this bust, Lauderdale's fashionable 'Brutus' hairstyle references Roman and Greek sculpture, and was worn by men wanting to associate themselves with the ethos of democracy and reform.
| Date published | 25/07/2018 |
| Schwierigkeitsgrad | Medium |
| Title | James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale |
| Date | 1803 |
| Accession | PG 1364 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Bought in 1938 |
| Artist | Joseph Nollekens |
| Place | Scottish National Portrait Gallery |
