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Christian Richter(Swedish, 1678-1732)John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale (1655–1700), head and shoulders facing right, in a blue day-gown, grey waistcoat, white chemise and cravat
4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
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Christian Richter (Swedish, 1678-1732)
John Lowther, 1st Viscount Lonsdale (1655–1700), head and shoulders facing right, in a blue day-gown, grey waistcoat, white chemise and cravat.
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum laid down on card, signed with cipher lower right, RC, the reverse signed, inscribed and dated, Lord Lonsdale/LCR (monogram)/ CR (cipher) 1700 (altered to 1710), later silver frame with scroll surmount.
Oval, 73mm (2 7/8in) high
Provenance:
The Merchiston Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, The Property of Mrs Eleanor Hamilton, Bonhams London, lot 10;
The Twinight Collection
Exhibited:
Portrait Miniatures from the Merchiston Collection, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 23 September – 11 December 2005, no.10
Literature:
Stephen Lloyd, Exhibition Catalogue, 2005, p.58
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum laid down on card, signed with cipher lower right, RC, the reverse signed, inscribed and dated, Lord Lonsdale/LCR (monogram)/ CR (cipher) 1700 (altered to 1710), later silver frame with scroll surmount.
Oval, 73mm (2 7/8in) high
Provenance:
The Merchiston Collection of Fine Portrait Miniatures, The Property of Mrs Eleanor Hamilton, Bonhams London, lot 10;
The Twinight Collection
Exhibited:
Portrait Miniatures from the Merchiston Collection, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 23 September – 11 December 2005, no.10
Literature:
Stephen Lloyd, Exhibition Catalogue, 2005, p.58
Footnotes
John Lowther, son of Col. John Lowther of Hackthorpe Hall, Lowther, was an English politician who at the time of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 assisted King William III in securing Cumberland and Westmorland. The following year he was appointed to the Privy Council and in 1690 First Lord of the Treasury. He was Lord Privy Seal from 1699 until his death the year after. In 1675 he inherited the baronetcy of his grandfather, Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet (1605–1675), and in 1696 he was created viscount.
This is a posthumous portrait. For the basic image Richter almost certainly referenced a portrait of the sitter by Hyacinthe Rigaud. formerly in the Lowther collection and now in the Government Art Collection (inv. no. 0/27). The painting technique employed, however, suggests he sought to emulate the work of Peter Cross - the soft sfumato closer to that used by Cross in his portrait of Lord Winchilsea (see example in this sale) than Richter's own more solid style seen in his portrait of Edward Bayly (see example in this sale).
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