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Explore highlights of The Supreme Court's art collection.
The UK Supreme Court is home to a collection of artworks both new and historic. During the renovation of the building, the paintings and objects in the Middlesex Guildhall Art Collection were carefully removed, cleaned, and in some cases restored. A number of new works of art were also commissioned as part of the refurbishment.
The Earl of Northumberland, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (c.1714-1786) was an aristocrat and politician who served as Privy Counsellor from 1762, and Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex from 1763 to 1786.
Details: Oil on canvas 94 x 58 in. (2388 x 1473 mm)
Frame style: Rococo, carved and gilded, by the famous firm of Thomas Chippendale.
Duke of Northumberland, by Thomas Gainsborough
Hugh Percy 1st Duke of Northumberland (c.1714-1786) was an aristocrat and politician who served as Privy Counsellor from 1762, and Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex from 1763 to 1786.
Details: Oil on canvas 90(1/2) x 59 in. (2299 x 1499 mm)
Frame style: Neoclassic, with entwined laurel-stem guilloche between pearled and palmette-wrapped borders, designed in the George III ‘antique’ manner of the 1760s.