Portrait of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton (1790-1851) mb-code 00516951 March 1967

March 1967

Charts and maps are spread out around him and at his elbow is the drink of Popularity

Jean Bugatti pictured with a Bugatti car

A decorative fountain occupies the extreme right of the painting and beyond this is a park landscape with paths and figures

The Spread Eagle Inn

Portrait of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton (1790-1851) mb-code 00516951 March 1967Half length portrait of the Marquess of Northampton, standing, half turned to the left as viewed. Northampton's right hand is holding an upright paper bound book on a table covered with a red patterned cloth and papers. In his left hand he holds spectacles [?] hanging from his neck by a black ribbon. Northampton wears a black coat over a black suit, with a white, high collared shirt and tie. On a chair behind and to the right as viewed, his ermine