1781, Joshua Reynolds, George, 2nd Earl Harcourt, his wife Elizabeth, and brother William -- Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)
From the museum label: George Simon Harcourt (1736-1809) succeeded as second Earl Harcourt in 1777. He married his cousin, Elizabeth Vernon, in 1765.
This remarkable state portrait was painted in 1780- 1781, and shows the couple in coronation robes and with coronets. The third figure, which appears to have been inserted at a late stage in the execution of the picture, is Lord Harcourt's brother, William. He was a colonel in the 16th Light Dragoons and wears the uniform of an aide de camp to King George III.
The portrait hung in the dining room at the family seat, Nuneham Courtenay, overlooking the Thames a few miles south of Oxford.
1781, Joshua Reynolds, George, 2nd Earl Harcourt, his wife Elizabeth, and brother William -- Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)
From the museum label: George Simon Harcourt (1736-1809) succeeded as second Earl Harcourt in 1777. He married his cousin, Elizabeth Vernon, in 1765.
This remarkable state portrait was painted in 1780- 1781, and shows the couple in coronation robes and with coronets. The third figure, which appears to have been inserted at a late stage in the execution of the picture, is Lord Harcourt's brother, William. He was a colonel in the 16th Light Dragoons and wears the uniform of an aide de camp to King George III.
The portrait hung in the dining room at the family seat, Nuneham Courtenay, overlooking the Thames a few miles south of Oxford.