Portrait of General Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsay (1744-1818), half-length, in the uniform of the Grenadier guards

Details

George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness, Lancs 1734-1802 Kendal, Cumbria)
Portrait of General Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsay (1744-1818), half-length, in the uniform of the Grenadier guards
inscribed 'ALBEMARLE EARL of LINDSAY' and with the sitter's coat of arms and motto 'VERTUS ARIETE FORTIOR' (upper left)
oil on canvas, unlined
35 7/8 x 28 in. (91 x 71 cm.)
in a George III Maratta frame

Provenance

By descent through the sitter's grandson, Montague Peregrine Albemarle, 12th Earl of Lindsey (1861-1938) to his daughter,
the late Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey (1893-1980).

Literature

H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney: A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonné of his Works, London, 1904, II, p. 11.

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Lot Essay

The artist's account book, held in the Huntington Library, records Colonel Bertie receiving his Kitcat portrait on 18 August 1784. For a note on the sitter, see lot 184. We are grateful to Alex Kidson for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph.

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