James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde KG (1610 – 1688), in Garter Robes
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1678 (bears date)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2565 x 1673 x 105 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108821
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde KG (1610 – 1688), in Garter Robes by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), inscribed in yellow below left: [in different script to – KED/P/100, KED/P/101] James Duke of Ormond / Ld Livetennant of Ireland / 1678 / by Sr Peter Lilly [sic]. A full-length portrait in full Garter robes, standing by a table his right hand on his hip, his body inclined slightly to the right, head inclined slightly to the left, gazing at spectator, his right hand on his hip, his left hand holding his sword hilt; his weight on his right leg, his left leg turned to right wearing full-bottomed wig, his cloak draped over and exposing his right arm in full sleeve; a table, on right, with deep fringe on ground, his plumed hat on top. Lieutenant General of the King’s army in Ireland under Charles I, and twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland after the Restoration, the lst Duke of Ormonde was an upright and loyal supporter of the Stuarts. One of a group of Garter portraits by Lely acquired at Sir William Stanhope's sale in 1733, but appparently not originally associated with the others.
Provenance
Philip Wharton, 4th Lord Wharton (1613-1696); inherited by Sir William Stanhope from Philip Wharton, 4th Lord Wharton (1613-1696); acquired at Sir William Stanhope’s sale, Albermarle Street, April, 1733, lot 24 by Nathaniel Curzon; recorded in Principal Dressing Room in 1769; and thence by descent until 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)
Marks and inscriptions
title and signature - painted - bottom rhs of canvas - gold text - James Duke of Ormond Ld. Lieutenant of Ireland by S Peter Lilly
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), publisher
Exhibition history
British Baroque: Power and Illusion, Tate Britain, London, 2020
References
Millar 1994 Sir Oliver Millar, “Philip, Lord Wharton, and his collection of portraits”, Burlington Magazine, no.1097, August, 1994, pp.517-530, fig.41, p.520-21, 523-4, 530, no.29 & Apendix, letters iv-v Retford 2003 Kate Retford, “Sensibility and genealogy in the eighteenth-century family portrait: the collection at Kedleston Hall.” Historical Journal 46.3 (2003), pp.533-560, pp.554-5, fig.10