Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Sitterback to top

• Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), Statesman. Sitter associated with 15 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Allan Ramsay (1713-1784), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 118 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

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The seventy-year old Lord Chesterfield wears the ribbon of the order of the Garter over his coat. Both Chesterfield and Ramsay were at Ickworth in December 1765, it would seem from a passage in Lady Hervey's correspondence.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Kerslake, John, Early Georgian Portraits, 1977, p. 50
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 121

Subject/Themeback to top

• Beningbrough Hall