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Unknown man, formerly known as Lord Charles Fitzroy
1 of 2 portraits of Lord Charles Fitzroy
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Regency Portraits Catalogue
Unknown man, formerly known as Lord Charles Fitzroy
by Thomas Heaphy
1813-1814
5 in. x 4 5/8 in. (127 mm x 117 mm)
NPG 4318
Physical descriptionback to top
Head and shoulders to right, head in watercolour (fair hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion, small mouth, aged 20-5), shoulders outlined in pencil.
Provenanceback to top
Sir Bruce Ingram (d. 1963) and bought from his executors 1963. It was acquired as Captain Lord Charles Fitzroy of the 1st Foot Guards, 2nd son of 4th Duke of Grafton (1791-1865), who certainly served in both the Peninsula and at Waterloo though how the drawing became identified with him is uncertain. It has no inscription, there is no comparable portrait of him, and there is no mention of his name in the sale of Heaphy's effects, Foster's, 4-5 May 1936, unless he appeared among the ten drawings listed as 'others'. However it is undoubtedly one of the many Heaphy drawings made in the Peninsula shortly after the Battle of Vittoria.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.