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PORTRAIT OF LADY VICTORIA LEVESON-GOWER (1867-1953) ON HER PONY LADY WHITWORTH
Auction: 06/05/2008
Lot: 87
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1803 Edinburgh, Scotland - 1878 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. Known for: Portrait and equestrian, sporting scene painting.
Sir Francis Grant PRA (18 January 1803 – 5 October 1878) was a Scottish portrait painter who painted Queen Victoria and many distinguished British aristocratic and political figures. He served as... Read full biography
Sir Francis Grant PRA (18 January 1803 – 5 October 1878) was a Scottish portrait painter who painted Queen Victoria and many distinguished British aristocratic and political figures. He served as President of the Royal Academy. Grant was the fourth son of Francis Grant, Laird of Kilgraston, near... Read full biography
Sir Francis Grant PRA (18 January 1803 – 5 October 1878) was a Scottish portrait painter who painted Queen Victoria and many distinguished British aristocratic and political figures. He served as President of the Royal Academy. Grant was the fourth son of Francis Grant, Laird of Kilgraston, near Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, and his wife Anne Oliphant of Rossie. Grant was educated at Harrow School and inherited a large sum of money on the death of his father in 1818 – a fortune which was... Read full biography
Sir Francis Grant PRA (18 January 1803 – 5 October 1878) was a Scottish portrait painter who painted Queen Victoria and many distinguished British aristocratic and political figures. He served as President of the Royal Academy. Grant was the fourth son of Francis Grant, Laird of Kilgraston, near Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, and his wife Anne Oliphant of Rossie. Grant was educated at Harrow School and inherited a large sum of money on the death of his father in 1818 – a fortune which was apparently "soon spent". He had a passion for fox-hunting and other sports and initially intended to become a lawyer. However, he left his studies to take up painting, of which he was mainly self-taught – partly by copying the works of Velasquez and other... Read full biography
Sir Francis Grant PRA (18 January 1803 – 5 October 1878) was a Scottish portrait painter who painted Queen Victoria and many distinguished British aristocratic and political figures. He served as President of the Royal Academy. Grant was the fourth son of Francis Grant, Laird of Kilgraston, near Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, and his wife Anne Oliphant of Rossie. Grant was educated at Harrow School and inherited a large sum of money on the death of his father in 1818 – a fortune which was apparently "soon spent". He had a passion for fox-hunting and other sports and initially intended to become a lawyer. However, he left his studies to take up painting, of which he was mainly self-taught – partly by copying the works of Velasquez and other masters – though he briefly spent time in the studio of Alexander Nasmyth. He acquired a reputation as a fine painter of "sporting" subject... Read full biography
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Francis Grant 
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland, KG (1795-1873), full-length, in a black coat with a grey horse in a landscape
Francis Grant Auction: 07/06/2008Lot: 301Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of John Whyte-Melville of Bennochy and Strathkiness (1797-1883), full-length, in a pink and green Captain's coat, grey trousers and black hat, holding his Wood in his right hand, the Swilcan Bridge with golfers and the Royal and Ancient Clubhouse
Francis Grant Auction: 05/30/2012Lot: 204Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeVISCOUNT HARDINGE OF LAHORE, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS TWO SONS AND HIS AIDE-DE-CAMP COLONEL WOOD, ON THE BATTLEFIELD AFTER THE VICTORY AT FEROZESHAH DURING THE FIRST ANGLO-SIKH WAR
Francis Grant Auction: 10/26/2020Lot: 256Subscribe or get free alerts
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of Louisa Madeleine Keith-Falconer, née Hawkins (1828-1916), Countess of Kintore
Francis Grant Auction: 10/23/2008Lot: 22Subscribe or get free alerts
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