Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (1751-1837)
Ramsay Richard Reinagle, RA (London 1775 – Chelsea 1862)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1828 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
737 x 610 mm (29 x 24 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108827
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (1751-1837) by Ramsay Richard Reinagle (London 1775 – Chelsea 1862), signed and dated 1828. A half-length portrait, facing, gazing at the spectator, seated, short grey hair, wearing a dark coat, white shirt and white stock, his hands clasped in front on his lap, red curtain background, distant horizon with cloudy sky on the left. The sitter was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Scarsdale and before succeeding to the title was for nine years MP for Derbyshire. Ramsay Richard Reinagle was the son of the portrait and sporting painter Philip Reinagle (1749 1833), who began by helping Allan Ramsay produce his state portraits, whence his son's name. He was similarly Hoppner's assistant for a time, and his style derives from both Hoppner and Lawrence.
Provenance
By descent from the sitter; 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)
Marks and inscriptions
R R Reinagle 1828 (artist's signature, painted, top rhs of canvas, black text)
Makers and roles
Ramsay Richard Reinagle, RA (London 1775 – Chelsea 1862), artist