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Sir Charles Lock Eastlake

1793 - 1865

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.

Biographical notes

Painter, collector, writer. His first patron was Jeremiah Harman (q.v.).

Appointed Keeper of the National Gallery, 1843–1847; ex-officio Trustee of the National Gallery, 1850–1855; and first Director, 1855–1865.

Slavery connections

No known connections with slavery.

Abolition connections

No known connections with abolition.

National Gallery painting connections

Donor; presented in 1861: NG666.

Former owner: Eastlake once owned NG766, NG767, NG768, NG769, NG770, NG771, NG772, NG773, NG774, NG775, NG776, NG783, NG812, NG1399, NG1400, NG1410, NG1411.1–2, NG1412, NG3911, NG3913, NG3916, NG3937 and NG4945-4946.

Bibliography

History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
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P. McEvansoneya, 'Eastlake family (3) Charles Locke Eastlake', in J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T024751
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D. Robertson, 'Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock', in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/8414
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D. Robertson, A. M. Ernstrom and P. McEvansoneya, 'Eastlake family (1) Sir Charles Lock Eastlake', in J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T024751
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
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