Major Augustus Curzon (1787-1829)
Sophie de Tott (fl.1801-1804)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1808 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
635 x 483 mm (25 x 19 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108916
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Major Augustus Curzon (1787-1829) by Sophie de Tott (fl.1801-1804), signed and dated 1808. Portrait in military uniform. He was the first illegitimate son of the second Lord Scarsdale.
Provenance
Recorded in Wardrobe in 1849; bought with part of the contents of Kedleston with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1987 when the house and park were given to the National Trust by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000)
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1987)
Makers and roles
Sophie de Tott (fl.1801-1804), publisher