An Unknown Man, aged 26
H.J. Thompson
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
599 x 495 mm (23 1/2 x 19 1/2 in)
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Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1151408
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Man, aged 26 by H. J.Thompson, inscribed top left 'Aetatis Suae XXVI' with coat of arms below and signed lower right. A half-length portrait of a man, seated to left, facing, in a grey three-peice suit with his hands on his lap, against a plain red background. Possibly Simon Yorke IV or Philip III.
Provenance
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: Inscribed top left 'Aetatis Suae XXVI' (with coat of arms below) Recto: sigend lower left
Makers and roles
H.J. Thompson, artist