The Red Boy, or Master Lambton, are popular names for a portrait made in 1825 by Sir Thomas Lawrence.

After John Lambton was further created Earl of Durham in 1833, D'Arcy inherited the titles on the death of his father in 1840.

The portrait of seven year old Charles William Lambton was painted for the subject's father by Sir Thomas Lawrence for the price of 600 guineas (about £46,000/$57,000 in 2014) and was completed in 1825.

published in 1831 claims that the original yellow "produced an unpleasant monotony with the browns of the gravel and rocks forming the background.

As the new fifth earl used Lambton Castle only occasionally, he closed it and held an auction of its valuable furniture and paintings in 1932, which included The Red Boy.

[15] In 1936, Charles's great-niece, Diana Mary Lambton, married William Hedworth Williamson at St Margaret's, Westminster, and their pageboys wore matching outfits to the painting.