James Abercrombie, 1st Baron Dunfermline (1776–1858)
John Jackson, RA (Lastingham, Yorks 1778 – London 1831)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1800 - 1831
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 620 mm
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129260
Caption
James Abercrombie, 1st Lord Dunfermline, held numerous official posts: Auditor of the Estates of the Duke of Devonshire; Judge Advocate General, 1827; Master of the Mint, 1834; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1835-9. He was raised to the peerage on his retirement. He married, in 1802, Mary Anne Leigh, eldest daughter of Egerton Leigh, of High Leigh.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, James Abercrombie, 1st Baron Dunfermline (1776–1858) by John Jackson RA (Lastingham, Yorks 1778 – London 1831). Half-length portrait of a young man, facing slightly right, wearing dark coat and white stock, red curtain background.
Provenance
In 1845 Handbook; thence by inheritance until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Jackson, RA (Lastingham, Yorks 1778 – London 1831), artist