Thomas James Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes of Lanhydrock and Truro (1808-1882)
George Richmond RA (Brompton 1809 – London 1896)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1844
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
425 x 299 mm (image)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 881763
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Thomas James Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes of Lanhydrock and Truro (1808-1882) by George Richmond RA (Brompton 1809 – London 1896). Three quarter length portrait, of a young man. He stands in a park with his left hand resting on a plinth and holding his hat in his right hand. A pair with LAN.D.2
Provenance
A gift from The Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953, and continued to live there until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
(on gilt label on frame) THOMAS JAMES, 1st. Lord Robartes./G.RICHMOND, R.A.
Makers and roles
George Richmond RA (Brompton 1809 – London 1896), artist