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Description: | This group portrait depicts Aubrey Beauclerk, 2nd Baron Vere of Hanworth (later 5th Duke of St Albans), his wife Lady Catherine, their son Aubrey and daughters Catherine and Caroline. It would have been painted in 1778-79 when the family visited Rome on their Grand Tour. Souvenir portraits such as this, set amid Roman relics in front of a recognisable Italian vista, were highly fashionable among the British aristocracy. The Beauclerks were probably introduced to the artist by their friend James Byres. He was a well-known guide to British visitors in Rome and commissioned similar portraits of his own family. | Subjects: | 2nd Baron Vere of Hanworth later 5th Duke of St Albans; Lady Catherine Beauclerk; Aubrey portrait (Aubrey Beauclerk Catherine and Caroline Beauclerk); landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Smuglewicz, Franciszek (Polish painter, 1745-1807) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Allan, David (Scottish painter and illustrator, 1744-1796) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8837... | Go to resource |
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