Portrait of Sir Ralph Milbanke
| Portrait of Sir Ralph Milbanke | |
|---|---|
| Artist | James Northcote |
| Year | 1784 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 130 cm × 100 cm (50 in × 40 in) |
| Location | Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut |
Portrait of Sir Ralph Milbanke is a 1784 portrait painting by the British artist James Northcote. It depicts the English landowner and politician Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet. [1] Milbanke is shown at full-length in the uniform of the North Yorkshire Militia against a rural background. He had commanded a detachment of the unit during the Hexham Massacre of 1762. [2] Milbanke was the grandfather of the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne whose premiership stretched into the early Victorian era
Northcote has been a pupil of Joshua Reynolds and was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1787. [3] Today the painting is in the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut, having been acquired as part of the Paul Mellon Collection. [4] [5]
References
- ^ Egerton p.318
- ^ Brown p.31
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/james-northcote-157366
- ^ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-ralph-milbanke-bt-in-the-uniform-of-the-yorkshire-north-riding-militia-246324/search/recently_tagged:on/tagger/add
- ^ https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:977
Bibliography
- Brown, Colin. Lady M: The Life and Loves of Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne 1751-1818. Amberley Publishing, 2018.
- Egerton, Judy. George Stubbs, Painter. Yale University Press, 2007.