Charles Pratt (1714–1794), 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor

Nathaniel Dance-Holland painted Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, in 1769, capturing one of the most important legal and political figures of the age of Wilkes and the American crisis. Camden, as Lord Chief Justice, had ruled general warrants unconstitutional in the Wilkes case and as Lord Chancellor continued to defend civil liberties against royal prerogative. His portrait by Dance reflects the artist's access to the highest levels of Whig political society, the network of liberal aristocracy and public figures who formed his primary clientele. Dance returned to Camden as a portrait subject in 1770, and the two works together document a significant relationship between portraitist and politically significant sitter.

The three-quarter format and official robes follow the conventions of English legal portraiture, with Dance's characteristically restrained palette and smooth finish creating an image of judicial authority and intellectual distinction.