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236 - JAMES WARD, R.A. (BRITISH 1769-1859)STUDY FOR THE PORTRAIT OF THE LADIES ELIZABETH AND GEORGIANA STANHOPE, THE NIECE AND DAUGHTER OF 5TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELDBlack and white chalkSigned with initials (lower left); bears inscription 'Study for Ld Chesterfields/Picture of His Daughters' (on the backing)37.5 x 28.5cm (14¾ x 11in.)UnframedThe present drawing is a study for the portrait of the Ladies Elizabeth and Georgiana Stanhope, the niece and daughter of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield (1755-1815), politician and diplomat. In the finished painting (Collection of West Northamptonshire County Council) the girls are seated beside a fawn which they festoon with a floral garland. A related study is in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Ward also painted a portrait of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield (1805-1866), Riding a Pony, now in the Birmingham Museums and ArtGallery.
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JAMES WARD, R.A. (BRITISH 1769-1859)STUDY FOR THE PORTRAIT OF THE LADIES ELIZABETH AND GEORGIANA STANHOPE, THE NIECE AND DAUGHTER OF 5TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELDBlack and white chalkSigned with initials (lower left); bears inscription 'Study for Ld Chesterfields/Picture of His Daughters' (on the backing)37.5 x 28.5cm (14¾ x 11in.)UnframedThe present drawing is a study for the portrait of the Ladies Elizabeth and Georgiana Stanhope, the niece and daughter of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield (1755-1815), politician and diplomat. In the finished painting (Collection of West Northamptonshire County Council) the girls are seated beside a fawn which they festoon with a floral garland. A related study is in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Ward also painted a portrait of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield (1805-1866), Riding a Pony, now in the Birmingham Museums and ArtGallery.
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