867271

Portrait of James 3rd Earl of Northampton, #867271

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Portrait of James 3rd Earl of Northampton,   #867271
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Painted by Jonathan Richardson b. 1665 London, Great Britain, d. 1745 London, Great Britain </em></td>
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James Spencer Compton 3rd Earl of Northampton 1622-1681


The title of Marquess of Northampton was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1812 for the Earl of Northampton. An earlier Marquess of Northampton was William Parr, brother of Queen Catherine Parr, who was created Marquess by Edward VI in the Peerage of England, lost the title under Mary, and was granted a new creation of the title by Elizabeth, again in the Peerage of England.

The present (Compton) Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Northampton (1618), Earl Compton (1812), and Baron Wilmington (1812), the first in the Peerage of England, the latter two in the Peerage of the UK.

The family are major land owners and have two major estates:

Jonathan Richardson the Elder considered himself as much a writer as a painter and grew rich doing both. He wrote An Essay on the Theory of Painting in 1715, the first significant work of artistic theory in English, and elaborated further in his 1719 Essay on the Whole Art of Criticism as it Relates to Painting and an Argument in Behalf of the Science of the Connoisseur.

After apprenticing with a public scribe, Richardson trained with a portrait painter. One of London's leading portraitists, he displayed a tight, formal style. Today he is admired for his sensitive chalk portraits of friends, his son, and himself. Also a supremely gifted drawings connoisseur, Richardson built a renowned personal collection and shaped other important collections. After his ...
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#: 2819</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:17th Century </td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:UK</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Attributed to Sir Peter Lely </td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:50</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:40</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Portrait of James 3rd Earl of Northampton, </td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Traditional </td></tr>

<tr><td>Type:Painting</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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