Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899)
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 921774
Summary
Drawing, pencil and chalk on paper, Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899) by George Richmond (1809-1896). The son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster. Married (i) Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower and (ii) the Hon. Katherine Caroline Cavendish. He was MP for Chester. From set of portrait drawings of members of the Grillion Club, London. No.93.
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."