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Description: | Oil on canvas. George Hamilton was in his 62nd year when Martin Maingaud painted this, the primary version of his portrait, in 1724. It had passed to the sitter’s son-in-law, William McWilliam O'Brien, forth Earl of Inchiquin (1700-1777) by the time Jacob Houbraken recorded that he produced an engraving from the work for ‘Lives and Characters of Illustrious Persons’ (published 1747-52), by the biographer and compiler of histories Thomas Birch (1705-1766).
There at least three other versions of Martin Maingaud’s portrait of Orkney, some painted as late as the 1730s. Two are now in private collections, having passed through Sothey’s, Amsterdam, in 2007 and Christie’s, London, in 1961, and the third is at the National Army Museum, Surrey. | Subjects: | Scottish wig 1st Earl of Orkney riband collar male portrait earl armour 18th century costume George Hamilton field marshal man order of the thistle baton sword sash | Temporal: | 1724 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Martin Maingaud | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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