Oil painting on canvas, francis child (1735-1763) by alan ramsay (edinburgh 1713 - dover 1784), signed and dated, bottom right: a. Ramsay / 1758. A three-quarter-length portrait, wearing a blue velvet coat and waistcoat, holding a tricorn hat. A chalk study for this composition is in the national gallery of scotland. The sitter was the son of samuel child the younger (d. 1752) of osterley park and his wife agatha edgar. He succeeded his father as head of child's bank in london and inherited osterley park in 1752 and employed robert adam to remodel it, but died in 1763. He also purchased upton house (nt), warwickshire in 1758 from william bumpstead. He was engaged to constantia hempden when he died and left #50,000 to her in his will. He was succeeded by his brother robert. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1758. Place of creation: England. Dimensions: height: 127 cm (50 in) ; width: 101.6 cm (40 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Francis Child. Collection: National Trust. Francis Child (1735-1763) Allan Ramsay
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