William Hamilton, 7th Baron Belhaven and Stenton (1765-1814)
Alexander Nasmyth (Edinburgh 1758 – Edinburgh 1840)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1786 - circa 1789
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1122 x 842 mm (44 1/8 x 33 1/8 in)
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Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446690
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Hamilton, 7th Baron Belhaven and Stenton (1765-1814), by Alexander Nasmyth (Edinburgh 1758 – Edinburgh 1840), circa 1786 - 89. A full-length portrait of a young man standing, facing, head turned to the right, in a Scottish landscape, wearing a short red coat, buff-coloured breeches and riding boots, leaning his right arm against a tree, legs crossed, holding in his left hand his hat and crop; a dog looks up at him; in the middle distance a groom with two horses and dogs, and beyond, a house on a hill across a valley.
Provenance
Bought from the P.D. Strang sale, Christie's, 16 May 1919, lot 26 by 1st Lord Bearsted;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
Alexander Nasmyth (Edinburgh 1758 – Edinburgh 1840), artist