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George Simon Harcourt (1736–1809) succeeded as second Earl Harcourt in 1777. He married his cousin, Elizabeth Vernon, in 1765. This remarkable state portrait was painted in 1780–1781 and shows the couple in coronation robes and with coronets. The third figure, which appears to have been inserted at a late stage in the execution of the picture, is Lord Harcourt's brother, William. He was a colonel in the 16th Light Dragoons and wears the uniform of an aide de camp to King George III. The portrait hung in the dining room at the family seat, Nuneham Courtenay, overlooking the Thames a few miles south of Oxford.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

George, 2nd Earl Harcourt, his wife Elizabeth, and brother William

Date

1780

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 148 x W 172 cm

Accession number

WA2010.10

Acquisition method

Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the Ashmolean Museum, 2010

Work type

Painting

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH England

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Artist or maker

Joshua Reynolds

1723–1792

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