FATHER OF JAMES NORTHCOTE THE PAINTER.
Dark coat. White hair. Red curtain.
By his Son.
NOTWITHSTANDING that he exercised the modest trade of a watchmaker in his native town of Plymouth, Northcote boasted of a long pedigree, and maintained that his family was of very good standing in the county. But his pride did not prevent his wishing his son James to follow the same trade, while the young man had set his heart on being a painter. In the notice of the future Royal Academician’s life, we shall find every particular connected with James’s rise to eminence. Among his numerous works, he painted the portrait in question of the father who had done all in his power to thwart his son’s artistic proclivities.
This picture was bought at Northcote’s sale by the fifth Earl Cowper.
No. 8.
SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.
Red gown, bordered with white fur.