Francis James Curzon (1803-1851), Mary Curzon, later Mrs John Beaumont (1806-1868) and Alfred Curzon (1801-1850)
Thomas Barber the Elder (Nottingham 1771 - Nottingham 1843)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1809 - 1812
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1016 x 1219 mm (40 x 48 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108765
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Francis James Curzon (1803-1851), Mary Curzon, later Mrs John Beaumont (1806-1868) and Alfred Curzon (1801-1850) by Thomas Barber the elder (Nottingham 1771 - Nottingham 1843), circa 1809-12, inscribed 1812 on frame label. Three three-quarter length portraits; Mary between Francis and Alfred. Alfred on left looking at Francis and holding bunch of grapes in his right hand; Mary facing and looking directly at spectator, holding basket of grapes in her right hand; Francis is holding Mary’s left hand and looking down at her; landscape with building to left. Three of the 2nd Baron Scarsdale's children by his second marriage to Félicité de Wattines, of Flanders (1767-1850). Reverend and Hon. Alfred Curzon (1801-1850), the eldest, took Holy Orders and married, in 1825, Sophia Holden (1803 -1890), daughter of Robert Holden of Nuthall Temple, Notts. Francis James Curzon (1803-1851), the second son became a barrister; Mary Curzon (1806-1868), the eldest of their two legitimate daughters, married, in 1825, John Beaumont (1799 -1843) of Barrow.
Provenance
According to note made, circa 1920, on copy of 1861 Catalogue: “It went from Kedleston in 1837 (at death of 2nd Lord) to Barrow being the property of Félicité Lady S. their mother. At her sale in 1851 it went to Weston where it remained till it was moved to Kedleston in 1908 with other family portraits.” ; bought with part of the contents of Kedleston Hall with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1986 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
Thomas Barber the Elder (Nottingham 1771 - Nottingham 1843), artist