Lot 180: Portrait of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry (1746-1812), half-length, in a blue coat, wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter

Henri-Pierre Danloux (Paris 1753-1809) Portrait of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry (1746-1812), half-length, in a blue coat, wearing the sash of the Order of the Garter oil on canvas, unlined, oval 10 ½ x 8 ½ in. (26.7 x 21.6 cm.) in its original composition frame

26.7 x 21.6 cm.

The Estate of Starkey S. Flythe, Jr. (1935-2013), Augusta, Georgia, U.S.A.

This unlined and beautifully preserved portrait of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch is a variant of the picture, of identical dimensions, in a Scottish private collection. That picture is considered to be one of a set of five small oil portraits that were almost certainly preparatory sketches for Danloux's celebrated portrait of the 3rd Duke's family (1796; Duke of Buccleuch collection), the work considered to be the artist's masterpiece from his years in England.