Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield (1856-1918)
Frank Moss Bennett (Liverpool 1874 – London 1953)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1920 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
978 x 787 mm (38 1/2 x 31 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
On show at
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire, Midlands, National Trust
NT 1271060
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield (1856-1918) by Frank Moss Bennett (1874-1953), signed and dated: F M Bennett 1920. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, hands clasped together, grey hair, moustache, wearing a brown jacket and trousers, wing-collar shirt with blue tie. A great temperance campaigner, he was found shot in the woods by the estate.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust with Shugborough’s park and contents of the state rooms, in part-payment of death-duties to the Treasury, following the death of Thomas, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883 - 1960)
Credit line
Shugborough, The Anson Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
1920 (signed and dated)
Makers and roles
Frank Moss Bennett (Liverpool 1874 – London 1953), artist