The Hon. William Cavendish (1783-1812), aged 16 (after John Hoppner)
George Sanders (Kinghorn, Fife 1774 - London 1846)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
670 x 540 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129195
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Hon. William Cavendish (1783-1812) aged 16 by George Sanders (Kinghorn, Fife 1774 - London 1846). Portrait as a young man, half length almost facing, wearing black coat and white stock.
Provenance
In 1847 handbook of Chatsworth and Hardwick Hall and in Lady Louisa Cavendish 1860 catalogue of Hardwick Hall; thence by descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
George Sanders (Kinghorn, Fife 1774 - London 1846), artist after John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810), artist