James II (1633-1701), as Duke of York, in Garter Robes
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1682
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1420 x 1170 x 55 mm
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171121
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, James II (1633-1701), as Duke of York, in Garter Robes, after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), circa 1682. A three-quarter-length portrait to right, wearing Garter robes.
Full description
Associated with Chirk Castle
Provenance
A set of six Garter portraits at Chirk possibly acquired as perquisites by Frances Whitmore, Lady Myddelton (1666 - 1694) when Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Anne, before she became queen in 1683 and brought to Chirk on Frances's own marriage in 1686; in house catalogue, c.1900 as in Saloon. (Shown on diagrammatic hang [west wall, over door] and manuscript picture list), “15. Earl of Ossory.”; with some of the contents, in 1978, that were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales (In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust) On loan to the Trust from Guy Charles Myddelton. Gifted to Guy C Myddelton from Captain David Myddelton in 2010. Purchased by the National Trust from Mr Guy Myddelton in 2023
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist previously catalogued as studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist
References
Pennant, 1773: Thomas Pennant, Tours in Wales, 1773, p.369 Steegman 1957 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol.I: North Wales, Cardiff, 1957, p. 89, no 48 Laing 1989 Alastair Laing, ‘Changelings at Chirk Castle’, Country Life, 8 June 1989, pp.272 - 75, p. 273 Chirk Castle Picture List [National Trust] 2005, no. 32 Ingamells, 2009: John Ingamells, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009, p. 128