Captain, the Hon. William Egerton, MP (1684-1739)
Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1734
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
95 x 83.3 x 7 cm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436137
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Captain, the Hon. William Egerton, MP (1684-1739) by Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), inscribed and dated 1734. A half-length portrait of a young man, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a breastplate and red coat. He was the fourth son of the 3rd Earl of Bridgewater.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
The Honourable William Egerton son to John Egerton 3rd Earl of Bridgewater the next brother to Scroop Egerton Duke of Bridgewater 1734
Makers and roles
Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Philippe Mercier (Berlin 1689 – London 1760), publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), publisher