James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond (1612-1655) after 1635

after Sir Anthony Van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 - London 1641). A full-length portrait of a young man, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, dressed in a black suit with slashed sleeves, large scalloped lace collar, and black cloak with a huge star of the recently (1633) conferred Garter over his left shoulder, and the lesser George hanging from a v-shaped blue ribbon. A close relative of Charles I and an ardent Royalist during the Civil War. Although Stuart was a contemporary of William Murray, this portrait is not listed at Ham before 1770. The original, of about 1634/35, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The preparatory study for the original full-length, in black chalk heightened with white on light brown paper is in the British Museum (1874-8-8-142). There are also two studies of the greyhound, in black chalk heightened with white on light brown paper in the British Museum (1874-8-8-141)