Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland (1700–1771)
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1761 - 26 Jun 1762 (bill letter)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2248 x 1346 mm
Order this imageCollection
Antony Private Collection, Cornwall
NT 353053
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland (1700–1771). A full-length portrait in a landscape, wearing red coat and breeches. In 1761 Joshua Reynolds painted his full length portrait entitled Mr Fane. Reynolds was paid 80 guineas for the work which depicted the powder-wigged subject walking through a wooded landscape wearing rose-coloured velvet attire. In May 1903 the portrait was sold to Martin Colnaghi for 2,100 guineas.
Provenance
By descent to 12th Earl of Westmorland (1825 - 1891) who sold it 4 July 1887 to Agnew's who sold it two days later to the Very Reverend T. W. Jex-Blake (1832-1915), Dean of Wells; Dean of Wells sale of The Vaile and other Pictures, 23-25 May 1903 (77) to Martin Colnaghi (1821 - 1908); Arthur James; by inheritance through Cynthia, Lady Carew Pole to Sir John Carew Pole Bt by 1951 whose her great-aunt was Mrs Arthur James of Coton Hall, Rugby; on loan from Trustees of Antony
Credit line
Antony, The Carew-Pole Collection
Makers and roles
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist
References
Mannings 2000: David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Complete Catalogue of his Paintings. The Subject Pictures catalogued by Martin Postle, New Haven & London 2000, no. 594. p. p. 184, fig.556