Museum number
A378
Object
Framed oil painting: John Sargent the Younger (1715-1791) by Allan Ramsay (1713-1784), oil on canvas 1749
Description
John Sargent the Younger worked in the Navy Office, sat as Member of Parliament for Midhurst Sussex, from 1754 to 1761, for West Looe 1765-1768, and in 1757 became a Director of Bank of England. He married Rosamund Sargent (A377) in 1749, which occasioned Allan Ramsay's portraits of the pair. Signed and dated: A.Ramsay 1749. The Sargents lived at Halstead Place, Kent, no far from Lord and Lady Stanhope, who were close friends and patrons of Allan Ramsay. Sargent himself was a personal friend of the artist, who described his sitter as "one of the most domesticated men you ever saw."
Materials
Oil
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
Painting
Subject
Portrait
Dimensions
framed: 89.4000cm (h) x 87.8000cm (w)
regular: 61.0cm (h) x 76.6cm (w)
John Sargent the Younger (1715-1791) Allan Ramsay (1713-1784) Oil on canvas, 1749 John Sargent (whose father’s portrait hangs nearby) worked in the Navy Office and was a Member of Parliament. He became Director of the Bank of England in 1757 and as a private merchant he was heavily involved in the slave trade through various commercial partnerships. This portrait was painted in 1749 in celebration of Sargent’s marriage to Rosamund Chambers, whose cousin Christopher Chambers became one of Sargent’s business partners as well as a leading figure in the African Company of Merchants. A378 Bequest of Sir Orme Sargent, 1962

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