Charles Stewart, Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, Carrying the Great Sword of State at the Coronation of King Edward VII, August 1902, and Mr. W. C. Beaumont, his Page on that Occasion, (painting)
Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 2003.274
Date:
1904
Notes:
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 472.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, collection printout, 2010.
Summary:
Full-length standing portrait of Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1852-1915) holding the Great Sword of the State. He wears ceremonial costume: red velvet and white fur cape over a full-dress uniform. He is attended by his page (his nephew) who carries his coronet.
