Henry Nelson O'Neil, A.R.A.
The Standard-Bearer: A Portrait of Rajaram Roy (1817–c. 1850), son of Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772–1833)
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Henry Nelson O’Neil, A.R.A
St Petersburg 1817–1880 London
The Standard-Bearer: A Portrait of Rajaram Roy (1817–c. 1850), son of Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772–1833)
oil on canvas
unframed: 53.3 x 43.2 cm.; 21 x 17 in.
framed: 67 x 54 cm.; 26⅜ x 21¼ in.
Purchased from the artist for 15 guineas in 1839 by Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle (1785–1851), Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire;
Thence by descent at Clumber Park to Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle (1907–1988);
His sale, London, Christie’s, 14 June 1937, lot 44;
Where acquired by Adeline Genée DBE (1878–1970);
Anonymous sale, London, Bonhams, 4–13 November 2014, lot 107 (as French School, 19th century), for £21,760;
Private collection, Canada.
London, Royal Academy, 1839, no. 362;
Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Midland Counties Art Museum, 1879–1886, no. 69.
‘Fine Arts’, in Court and Lady’s Magazine, Monthly Critic and Museum, vol. XV, London 1839, p. 82;
'Mr. Henry Nelson O'Neil, A.R.A.', in The Athenaeum, no. 2734, 20 March 1880, p. 384;
Inventory of Clumber Pictures, (Ne 6/1/10), 1891, old no. 388. new no. 332, f. 40, Nottingham University;
W.J. Hipkin, Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures, Pastel drawings, Water-Colour drawings, Engravings, & c. belonging to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle at Clumber House, Worksop in the County of Nottingham, London 1914–1923, p. 81, no. 206.
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