Portrait of Sir Ralph Milbanke

Portrait of Sir Ralph Milbanke
ArtistJames Northcote
Year1784
TypeOil on canvas, portrait
Dimensions130 cm × 100 cm (50 in × 40 in)
Location

Portrait of Sir Ralph Milbanke is a 1784 portrait painting by the British artist James Northcote. It depicts the English landowner and politician Sir Ralph Milbanke, 5th Baronet.[1] Milbanke is shown at full-length in the uniform of the North Yorkshire Militia against a rural background. He had commanded a detachment of the unit during the Hexham Massacre of 1762.[2] Milbanke was the grandfather of the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne whose premiership stretched into the early Victorian era

Northcote has been a pupil of Joshua Reynolds and was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1787.[3] Today the painting is in the Yale Center for British Art in Connecticut, having been acquired as part of the Paul Mellon Collection.[4] [5]

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Bibliography

  • Brown, Colin. Lady M: The Life and Loves of Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne 1751-1818. Amberley Publishing, 2018
  • Egerton, Judy. George Stubbs, Painter. Yale University Press, 2007
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