James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCN, DCL, PC, (1811-1863)
George Richmond RA (Brompton 1809 – London 1896)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Pencil and chalk on paper
Measurements
9.00 x 7.50 in
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 921758
Summary
Drawing, pencil and chalk on paper, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCN, DCL, PC, (1811-1863) by George Richmond (1809-1896). Governor of Jamaica; Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India. He was the son of Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine. He served as MP for Southampton. From a set of portrait drawings of members of the Grillion Club, London.
Provenance
Acland
Makers and roles
George Richmond RA (Brompton 1809 – London 1896), artist
References
Killerton House, Devon, 2000 [The National Trust] 2000, p.13. "THE CORRIDOR PICTURES The original Grillion's Club portraits, from which the engravings in the Study were taken, hang here; they include W.E.Gladstone, Lord John Russell, drafter of the 1832 Reform Bill, and Lord Ashley (later Lord Shaftesbury), the originator of the Factory Acts and Ragged Schools."