Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton PC, KT (1812-1861) on Horseback
George Henry Laporte (Hanover 1799 – London 1873)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1840 - 1850
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
381 x 899 mm (27 x 35 3/8 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446683
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton PC, KT (1812-1861) on Horseback by George Henry Laporte (Hanover 1799 – Paddington 1873), 1840-1850. A full-length portrait, riding to the left, wearing a pink coat and turning to face the spectator, on a dark bay hunter; beyond him on the left are two hunt servants with hounds; in the distance, right, stands a house.
Provenance
Bought by Lord Bearsted for Leggatt Bros. in April 1926 for £200, as "Lord Eglington [sic] on Emerald, at Sandford Hall", by J.E. Ferneley; given with Upton House to the National Trust by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882 – 1948) shortly before his death, in 1948
Credit line
Upton House, The Bearsted Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
George Henry Laporte (Hanover 1799 – London 1873), artist previously catalogued as attributed to John E. Ferneley (Thrussington 1782 - Melton Mowbray 1860), artist
