Called James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
740 x 610 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290422
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Called James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650), British (English) School, 19th century. A painted architectural oval hal-length portrait with bunches of fruit each side. He is shown half length wearing armour, a square white starched neck collar. He has long loose brown hair. This portrait is a pastiche, possibly worked up from a miniature, and is not likely to be an authentic portrait. The supposed sitter, beheaded in Edinburgh in 1650, was an ancestor of the 2nd Duke of Montrose, brother-in-law to Lady Caroline Harpur, wife of the 5th Baronet.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Robert Walker (c.1600 - London c.1659), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist