William Henry Cecil John Robin Watson-Armstrong, 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919-1987), as a young boy
George Harcourt RA (Dumbarton 1868 – Bushey 1947)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1930 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1800 x 1195 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230360
Caption
The 3rd and last Lord Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside, whose generous gift helped secure Cragside for the National Trust, is shown here as a boy in a moorland setting. His pose is not too dissimilar from that of his father, shown as a boy in a portrait by Mary Lemon Waller in the Drawing Room at Cragside, though here a stick is substituted for his father’s golf-club.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Henry Cecil John Robin Watson-Armstrong, 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919-1987), as a young boy, by George Harcourt RA (Dumbarton 1868 – Bushey 1947), signed and dated, bottom right George Harcourt 1930. A full-length portrait of a young boy, standing in a moorland landscape, turned slightly to the left and facing the viewer, holding a stick in his right hand.
Provenance
Armstrong collection; transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Credit line
Cragside, The Armstrong Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1977)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right: George Harcourt / 1930
Makers and roles
George Harcourt RA (Dumbarton 1868 – Bushey 1947), artist