Portrait of a James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond and 4th Duke of Lennox (1612-1655), half-length, in a green tunic with a white shirt and collar

The sitter was the son of Esmé Stuart, 3rd Duke of Lennox (d. 1624), by his wife, Katherine, only daughter and heiress of Gervase Clifton, Lord Clifton, (d. 1618). Created Duke of Richmond in 1641, he was Lord Great Chamberlain, Admiral of Scotland, Lord Steward of the Household and Warden of the Cinque Ports. An unswerving supporter of the King during the civil war, Richmond was one of the mourners at the King's funeral at Windsor. He married Lady Mary Villiers (1622-1685), daughter of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (for whom see lot 14). Richmond died in 1655, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.

Another portrait of Richmond, attributed to Theodore Russell, of similar format and similarly posed, but with the sitter in armour, is in the National Portrait Gallery (see K.K. Yung, National Portrait Gallery, Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1856-1979, London, 1981, p.451 no. 4518).