George Romney (Beckside 1734-1802 Kendal)
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ARTHUR KUDNER JR. (LOTS 135-136)
George Romney (Beckside 1734-1802 Kendal)

Portrait of William Augustus, 3rd Earl of De La Warr (1757-1783), three-quarter-length

Details
George Romney (Beckside 1734-1802 Kendal)
Portrait of William Augustus, 3rd Earl of De La Warr (1757-1783), three-quarter-length
oil on canvas
53½ x 42¼ in. (135.9 x 107.3 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Forbes Leith Esq., Fyvie Castle.
Literature
H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney, London, 1904, I, p. 43.
Sale room notice
Please note that the prime version of this portrait appears to be the one still at Fyvie Castle and the Literature relates to that painting rather than the present lot.

Lot Essay

The sitter, the son of John, 2nd Earl of De La Warr, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Lieut.-General John Wynyard, was born on 24 April 1757. He succeeded his father on 22 November 1777 and died unmarried in January 1783.

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