Live Auction 17293Old Master Paintings and Sculpture
Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford 1753-1839 London)
Lot 202

Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford 1753-1839 London)

Portrait of James Ramsay Cooper (1778-1804), full-length, as a boy, in a green jacket

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Sir William Beechey, R.A. (Burford 1753-1839 London)
Portrait of James Ramsay Cooper (1778-1804), full-length, as a boy, in a green jacket
oil on canvas
63 5/8 x 43 ¾ in. (161.6 x 111.1 cm.)

Commissioned from the artist by the sitter's father in circa 1791, by descent to his daughter,
Frances Mary Baines, née Cooper, and by descent in the Baines family, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

James Ramsay Cooper, son of the painter and engraver Richard Cooper (c. 1740-1814), is seen here at the age of twelve or thirteen. He later served as a Deputy Commissioner in Welligton's army and died of a fever caught on campaign in Portugal in 1804.