Portrait of a Man, called the Earl of Exeter Joshua Beechey remarked on his irritable

Beechey remarked on his irritable temper and said that 'he was very vain of His knowledge of pictures

but his special status - he was already an established master in his own right - is demonstrated by the fact that he did not scruple to 'improve' the composition to suit his own ideas

The face somewhat resembles that of her cousin Lady Mary Walpole (c

Sir Kenelm later wrote that this 'is the Master peece of all the excellent ones that ever Sir Anthony Vandike made

revealing an astonishingly bold mixture of colours in the model's face that would not seem out of place in a twenty-first century portrait

Portrait of a Man, called the Earl of Exeter Joshua Beechey remarked on his irritable