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Footnotes:
1. A study for the state coach in the background of the portrait, formerly in the collection of Paul Getty, was sold
Sotheby’s New York, 29 November 2007. A full size replica by another hand was placed in Lowther Castle, the family’s
ancestral home in Cumberland.
2. See for instance John Berger, ‘The Changing View of Man in the Portrait’, in Selected Essays and Articles, 1972
(Penguin Books), pp. 35-41.
3.’This Lively “Modern” Academy’, Western Daily Press, 2 May 1931, p. 7; ‘Scotland at Royal Academy’, Aberdeen Journal, 2
May 1931, p. 7.
4. The family’s immense fortune had mostly derived from the Cumbrian mines, which were exhausted by the 1930s.
5. Lowther’s affair with Violet Cameron (1862-1919) led to two illegitimate children. His resulting collection of Inuit
artefacts was donated to the British Museum.
6. Winning the Kaiser’s respect was critical at a time when his country’s rapid militarisation struck fear into the western
powers.
7. Lowther’s suits were reputedly woven from the wool of sheep which grazed the fells around Lowther Castle, by Henry
Poole of Savile Row.
8. See McConkey 2010, p. 187.
€25,000-€40,000 (£18380-£29400 approx. approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 21