CIRCLE OF ROBERT HUNTER (Fl.1752-1803) PORTRAIT OF GEORGE NUGENT-TEMPLE-GRENVILLE, 1st MARQUESS OF BUCKINGHAM (1753-1813) Standing, long half length, wearing peer's robes and the insignia of the Order of St Patrick and Knight of the Garter, holding a scroll of papers in his right hand and the ermine of his robe in his left hand, oil on canvas 124 x 97cm. * Formerly ascribed to John Hoppner (who painted other members of the family but not the Marquess). The portrait can be dated to c.1787-1789 when the sitter was in Dublin during his second tenure of office as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Hunter is known to have painted the sitter as `Sovereign Order of St Patrick` in 1783 but this is an unusual format for him and Hunter's more illustrious commissions were in decline by the late 1780's . This portrait was the unattributed oil sold as a in the Stowe sale of July 4th-28th 1921, described therein as a `small whole length portrait of George Grenville in robes with the Order of the Garter`. John Keyse Sherwin (principally the King's engraver by the late 1780's), Francis Robert West (principally a pastellist) and, less plausibly still, Benjamin West have been nominated as alternative attributions for this elusive subject. Another full length but unattributed version is in the National Portrait Gallery (2.37 x 1.46m) The sitter was the son of the Prime Minister George Grenville and went to Eton and Oxford. He became MP for Buckinghamshire and served twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He succeeded his father as Earl Temple in 1779, was created Marquess in 1784 and made a Knight of the Garter in 1786. He was also Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In 1775, he married Lady Mary Nugent who bore him two sons. He died at Stowe, the home that he had inherited from his uncle and the richest man in England, in 1813. His elder son inherited the title and was created 1st Duke of Buckingham. Provenance: Acquired at Jackson-Stops' Stowe sale in July 1921(the 2nd `Great` sale, comprising over 3700 lots). Purchased thereat by a descendant of the sitter and thence by descent to his grandson.
CIRCLE OF ROBERT HUNTER (Fl.1752-1803) PORTRAIT OF GEORGE NUGENT-TEMPLE-GRENVILLE, 1st MARQUESS OF BUCKINGHAM (1753-1813) Standing, long half length, wearing peer's robes and the insignia of the Order of St Patrick and Knight of the Garter, holding a scroll of papers in his right hand and the ermine of his robe in his left hand, oil on canvas 124 x 97cm. * Formerly ascribed to John Hoppner (who painted other members of the family but not the Marquess). The portrait can be dated to c.1787-1789 when the sitter was in Dublin during his second tenure of office as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Hunter is known to have painted the sitter as `Sovereign Order of St Patrick` in 1783 but this is an unusual format for him and Hunter's more illustrious commissions were in decline by the late 1780's . This portrait was the unattributed oil sold as a in the Stowe sale of July 4th-28th 1921, described therein as a `small whole length portrait of George Grenville in robes with the Order of the Garter`. John Keyse Sherwin (principally the King's engraver by the late 1780's), Francis Robert West (principally a pastellist) and, less plausibly still, Benjamin West have been nominated as alternative attributions for this elusive subject. Another full length but unattributed version is in the National Portrait Gallery (2.37 x 1.46m) The sitter was the son of the Prime Minister George Grenville and went to Eton and Oxford. He became MP for Buckinghamshire and served twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He succeeded his father as Earl Temple in 1779, was created Marquess in 1784 and made a Knight of the Garter in 1786. He was also Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In 1775, he married Lady Mary Nugent who bore him two sons. He died at Stowe, the home that he had inherited from his uncle and the richest man in England, in 1813. His elder son inherited the title and was created 1st Duke of Buckingham. Provenance: Acquired at Jackson-Stops' Stowe sale in July 1921(the 2nd `Great` sale, comprising over 3700 lots). Purchased thereat by a descendant of the sitter and thence by descent to his grandson.
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