Lot 201: Portrait of Arthur Hill, 6th Marquess of Downshire (1871-1918), full-length, with a hoop and stick, in front of a Jacobean chair

John Collingham Moore (1829-1880) Portrait of Arthur Hill, 6th Marquess of Downshire (1871-1918), full-length, with a hoop and stick, in front of a Jacobean chair signed and dated 'J.C. Moore. 1874.' (lower left) pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of white 23 x 13½ in. (58.5 x 34.3 cm.)

The sitter, born on 2 July 1871, was the son of Arthur Hill, 5th Marquess of Downshire, and Georgiana Elizabeth Balfour. In 1874, the year of this portrait, his father died and Arthur inherited the title of 6th Marquess. John Collingham Moore had previously had success as both a landscape and portrait painter, and since 1872 had specialised in painting children's portraits. He was the brother of Albert Joseph Moore (1841-93).