Portrait of Lieutenant General William Stuart, half-length, in uniform

Details

Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. (Edinburgh 1756-1823)
Portrait of Lieutenant General William Stuart, half-length, in uniform
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Provenance

Private collection, England, before 1925.
Daniel H. Farr.
Mrs. Henry Hammond.
with Knoedler, New York, from whom purchased by the grandparents of the present owners.

Sale room notice

Please note that Dr. David Mackie has confirmed the attribution to Raeburn, the artist was paid for the work in 1822. The painting will be included in his forthcoming catalogue raisonne on the artist, catalogue number 687.
Please note that the proper spelling of the sitter's father's title is 'Lord Blantyre'. Please also note that the Hon. William Stuart's first commission was dated 30 April 1794. He was commissioned Major General on 19 July 1821 and appears here in that uniform.

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Lot Essay

The third son of Alexander, 10th Lord Blentyre, The Hon. William Stuart was born in 1778. He appears here in the uniform of the Grenadier Guards. He received his commission in 1807. In 1815, William commanded the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Guards, who met Napoleon's troops at Quatre Bras on the 16th of June. Colonel Stuart was wounded at that battle and spent a year in recovery. It is possible that he lost his arm at that time, although an old label on the reverse of the present painting suggests that he received that injury at Waterloo. He died unmarried in 1837.

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