Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe (1740-1804), Bibliophile
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Bibliophile; sty. Marquess of Bowmont before he succeeded as 3rd Duke 1755; travelled in Europe 1760-62, when his courtship of Christiana, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, ended as her sister Charlotte became Queen of England; with his ‘lofty presence and felicitous address’ he remained a friend of the King, being made KT 1768, groom of the bedchamber 1767 and KG 1801, but he preferred retirement, being an ‘unwearied reader of romance’; FSA 1797; the sale of his celebrated library lasted forty-five days (18 May-8 July 1812), during which The Roxburghe Club, devoted to ‘the common love of rare and curious volumes’, was founded.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.