Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures
Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures
The Property of a Gentleman
Thomas Phillips, R.A.
Portrait of Elizabeth Cochrane-Johnstone (1784–1883), aged 17, wearing a Spanish dress, a guitar by her side
Lot Closed
April 28, 03:12 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
Thomas Phillips, R.A.
Dudley 1770 - 1845 London
Portrait of Elizabeth Cochrane-Johnstone (1784–1883), aged 17, wearing a Spanish dress, a guitar by her side
oil on canvas
unframed: 224 x 141 cm.; 88¼ x 55½ in.
framed: 250 x 167.5 cm.; 98½ x 66 in.
By descent from the sitter to Major Francis Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier and 5th Baron Ettrick, KCVO (1930–2012);
By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 1997, lot 48;
Where acquired by the present owner.
By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 1997, lot 48;
Where acquired by the present owner.
The sitter was the daughter of Colonel the Hon. Andrew James Cochrane-Johnstone, who was the youngest son of Thomas 8th Earl of Dundonald and his wife Georgina, daughter of James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun. On 28 March 1916 she married Captain William John, 9th Lord Napier of Merchistoun (1786–1834), a dashing naval officer who served with distinction in the Defiance at the battle of Trafalgar and was later sent out to China with two frigates to protect British interests. He was a Lord of the Bedchamber to King William IV, and was Ambassador and Minister Extraordinary to China from 1833 until 1834. She had eight children. Her eldest son, Francis, 10th Lord Napier, and 1st Baron Ettrick, KT, was between 1857 and 1864 the British Ambassador at Washington, the Hague, St Petersburg and Berlin. Between 1866 and 1872 he was Governor of Madras and Acting Viceroy of India.