Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures
Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures
Property from the Marine Society
Sir William Beechey, R.A.
Portrait of Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney (1777–1845)
Lot Closed
April 28, 03:13 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Marine Society
Sir William Beechey, R.A.
Burford 1753 - 1839 London
Portrait of Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney (1777–1845)
signed lower left: WB
oil on canvas
unframed: 240.2 x 149.2 cm.; 94½ x 58¾ in.
framed: 270 x 181.8 cm.; 106⅜ x 71⅝ in.
The sitter was the son of Charles Marsham, 1st Earl of Romney, and Lady Frances, daughter of Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont. Between 1801 and 1811 he was styled Viscount Marsham. In 1811 he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.
Lord Romney was twice married. On 9 September 1806 he married Sophia Pitt, daughter of William Morton Pitt; they had one son and four daughters. On 8 February 1832 Lord Romney married secondly the Hon. Mary Elizabeth Townshend, daughter of John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney and widow of George James Cholmondeley; they had one son.