An Unknown Man
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700 - circa 1710
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 648 mm (30 x 25 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Westwood Manor, Wiltshire
NT 222697
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Man, English School, circa 1700-10. A head-and-shoulders portrait in a painted oval of a man, impossibly said to be the Duke of Monmouth, in a red cloak with white stock, and large court wig. [?William Russell, Duke of Bedford (1616-1700)]
Provenance
Collection of J.J. Couzens, Elm Grove, Taunton; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edgar Graham Lister (1873 – 1956) with the house and collection of furniture in 1956.
Credit line
Westwood Manor, The Lister Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: [Letter on back from A.E. de Breffe, Taunton to E.G. Lister (22.3.1922) saying from collection of J. J . Couzens, Elm Grove, Taunton]
Makers and roles
British (English) School, publisher