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Sir William George Armstrong, Cragside, Northumberland
Lord Armstrong wrote to his wife Margaret in 1878, saying that he had given three long sittings to Watts for his portrait, complaining that the artist had asked for another three. He had not then yet seen the portrait himself, except for a brief glance when the artist turned it round. His initial impression of the portrait when he saw it then was simply that it looked very brown, but he told Margaret that Watts was paying a great deal of attention to it and seemed satisfied with his progress.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900) by George Frederick Watts, OM, RA, (London 1817 – Compton 1904), 1878. A bust portrait of Sir William Armstrong as an elderly man, turned to the right, wearing a dark grey coat and a plum-coloured waistcoat.
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