Thomas Lawrence: Portrait of Lieutenant General the Hon. Sir Charles Stewart, K.B., in hussar uniform (1778-1854) ( ) |
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Title | Portrait of Lieutenant General the Hon. Sir Charles Stewart, K.B., in hussar uniform (1778-1854) |
Object type | painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
Description | Lieutenant General the Hon. Charles William (Vane-)Stewart (later 3rd Marquess of Londonderry) in hussar uniform, wearing the Army Gold Medal which he was awarded in 1810 for the Battle of Talavera. There are two versions of this portrait, the "Londonderry version" (this painting) and the "Camden version" (now in the NPG). The Londonderry version shows less of the figure, while the Camden version is inscribed "Thos. Lawrence Pinx. 1812" on the edge of the cloak and has the star and ribbon of the Bath which Stewart received in 1813 (added later, with underpainting now showing through the ribbon). There is some confusion in the literature about which version of the painting is the one being referred to (especially since Stewart sat for Lawrence for different portraits painted in 1811 and 1818). It was probably the Camden version which was exhibited at the RA in 1813, the Londonderry version being painted afterwards. |
Date | 1814 date QS:P571,+1814-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium | oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions | height: 129 cm (50.7 in); width: 103 cm (40.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,129U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,103U174728 |
Collection | institution QS:P195,Q180788 |
Current location | Room 34 |
Accession number | L1163 |
Object history | 1814: commissioned by Sir Charles Stewart circa 1835date QS:P,+1835-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 : given to (probably) a member of the Troubetskoi family by Sir Charles Stewart circa 1867date QS:P,+1867-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 : acquired by (perhaps) the 5th Marquess of Londonderry from Prince Troubetskoi lent to National Gallery, London by the executors of the late 9th Marquess of Londonderry
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Exhibition history | British Art, Royal Academy, 1934, cat. no. 642 Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Thomas Agnew, London, 1951, cat. no. 20 Delacroix, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, 1963, cat. no. 330 Bicentenary Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1968, cat. no. 174 Lawrence, National Portrait Gallery, 1979, cat. no. 28 The Treasure Houses of Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985, cat. no. 487 |
Credit line | On loan from the executors of the late 9th Marquess of Londonderry |
References | Sutherland-Gower, Lord Ronald (1900) Sir Thomas Lawrence, p. 161 Armstrong, Sir Walter (1913) Lawrence, p. 47 Garlick, Kenneth (1954) Sir Thomas Lawrence, English master painters, London: Routledge & Paul, p. 58; reproduced plate 72 OCLC: 1209569. Garlick, Kenneth (1964). "A catalogue of the paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence". The Walpole Society 39: 131. Levey, Michael (1979) Sir Thomas Lawrence, London: National Portrait Gallery, p. 57; ISBN: 9780904017328. Jackson-Stops, Gervase , ed. (1985) The Treasure Houses of Britain: Five Hundred Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting, Washington, D.C., & New Haven: National Gallery of Art & Yale University Press, p. 550 ISBN: 9780300035339. Garlick, Kenneth (1989) Sir Thomas Lawrence: A Complete Catalogue of the Oil Paintings, Washington Square, N.Y.: New York University Press, no. 509(b) , pp. 228−229 ISBN: 9780814730225. |
Source/Photographer | National Gallery, London : Home : Info |
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