King James II (1633–1701) as Duke of York, in his Garter Robes
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1674 (inscribed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2248 x 1346 mm (88½ x 53 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108819
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, King James II (1633–1701) as Duke of York, in his Garter Robes by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), 1674. A full-length portrait, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, in full Garter robes.
Provenance
Philip Wharton, 4th Lord Wharton (1613-1696), Winchendon; thence by descent to Philip, Duke of Wharton (1698 - 1731); by whom – or by whose executors – either sold (in the latter case, with the rest of his collection) to Sir Robert Walpole, or to directly Sir William Stanhope, whose seat, Eythrope, was next door to Wooburn (the Whartons’ other seat); acquired at Sir William Stanhope’s sale, Albermarle Street, April, 1733, lot 30 by Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Bt (1676 - 1758), possibly at Curzon's house in Brook St; recorded in Principal Dressing Room in 1769; bought with part of the contents of Kedleston with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1987 when the house and park were given to the National Trust by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000)
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1987)
Marks and inscriptions
P M Lilly (signature, painted, bottom rhs of canvas, gold text)
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist
References
Millar 1994 Sir Oliver Millar, “Philip, Lord Wharton, and his collection of portraits”, Burlington Magazine, no.1097, August, 1994, pp.517-530, pp.520-21, 523-4 & 529, no.25 Ingamells, 2009: John Ingamells, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009, p.128