Thomas Edward Anson, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883-1960)
Frank Samuel Eastman (Anerley 1878 - 1964)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1936 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
902 x 699 mm (35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271062
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Edward Anson, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883 - 1960) by Frank Samuel Eastman (Anerley 1878 - fl.1940), signed and dated: frank Eastmans 1936. A half-length portrait, old man, seated in a chair, his hands on his knees, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, grey receding hair, grey moustache, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and dark tie. Painted from a photograph.
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)
Marks and inscriptions
1936 (signed and dated)
Makers and roles
Frank Samuel Eastman (Anerley 1878 - 1964), artist