William Williams (b. 1723), Blacksmith, aged 70
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1793
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1113 mm (H)930 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151285
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Williams (b. 1723), Blacksmith, aged 70 by John Walters of Denbigh (Welsh, fl. 1791-6), 1793, inscribed with 16 lines of verse on scroll at top left. A full-length portrait, aged 70 in 1793, standing, hammer in hand, outside his smithy, his dog beside him, on the right. Another figure is hammering within the building behind him on the right. A couple of figures can also be seen standing beside a stone workstation in the distance on the left.
Provenance
Commissioned by Philip Yorke I (1743 - 1804) and thence by descent;given by Philip Yorke III (1905 – 1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973
Credit line
Erddig, The Yorke Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: With 16 lines of verse on a scroll top left
References
Yorke, 1802: Crude-ditties by PhilipYorke, 1802 Steegman 1957 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol.I: North Wales, Cardiff, 1957, pp.97-98 Waterson, 1980: Merlin Waterson, The Servants' Hall. A Domestic History of Erddig, Routledge & Kegan 1980, pp. 122-24 & fig.71 Erddig, Clwyd: 1995 [The National Trust] 1995, p.41-2.