John Wilks (fl.1750), Scullion at Chirk Castle
British (Welsh) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1750 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1005 x 790 x 32 mm
Place of origin
Wales
Order this imageCollection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171172
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, John Wilks (fl.1750), Scullion at Chirk Castle, British (Welsh) School. 1750. Half-length portrait, dressed in black, looking to the right, wearing a large brimmed brown hat. Inscribed: John Wilks.Scullion at Chirk Castle 1750. The subject of this half-length portrait was presumably related to Welch Wilkes (CHI/P/74), but his name appears in no records.
Provenance
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); accepted by the Inland Revenue in lieu of Inheritance Tax from the estate of Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) and transferred to the National Trust for display to the public at Chirk Castle in 1999.
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
John Wilks. Scullion at Chirk Castle, 1750.
Makers and roles
British (Welsh) School, artist