Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
After Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Lot 413

After Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.

Portrait of Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, MP. (1769-1822), small full-length, in peer's robes with the Garter and the Garter collar as worn at the coronation of George IV, his left hand resting on a high dais, before a draped curtain

Closed23 May 2014

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GBP 4,000

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After Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A.
Portrait of Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, MP. (1769-1822), small full-length, in peer's robes with the Garter and the Garter collar as worn at the coronation of George IV, his left hand resting on a high dais, before a draped curtain
oil on canvas
35.1/3 x 22.1/3 in. (89.2 x 58 cm.)

Specialist note

The prime of this portrait was painted by Lawrence in 1821 and remains in the Londonderry collection (K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Oxford, 1989, p. 229, no. 507d.) For a note on the sitter please see lot 411. A version of this painting in situ, at Londonderry House, is illustrated on page 193 of this catalogue.