Richard Lucy (c.1619 – 1677)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1650 - 1658
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
902 x 737 mm (35 1/2 x 29 in)
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Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 533838
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Richard Lucy (c.1619 – 1677), the third son of Sir Thomas III and Alice Spencer, Lady Lucy, British (English) School, circa 1650/58. A three-quarter-length portrait of Richard Lucy seated at a table. He is positioned to the left, gazing at the spectator. He is wearing black with white collar and cuffs, an open book in his left hand, his gloved right hand is on his hip holding his second glove. He has long blonde curly hair. Behind, on the right, is a green curtain and on the left, a globe and an antique sculptured bust in an alcove. Below the alcove is the inscription: Deus nobis haec otia fecit. Framed in large, rectangular gilt frame. Richard Lucy succeeded his brother in 1658 and he became MP for Warwick in 1653. He was one of the 40 members who were refused admittance to House of Commons for declining Oath to Cromwell. He married Elizabeth Urrey, daughter of John Urrey of Thorley Isle of Wight. Companion to the portrait of Elizabeth Urrey (533844).
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Sir Montgomerie Fairfax-Lucy (1896 – 1965), two years after the death of his father, Sir Henry Ramsay-Fairfax, 3rd Bt (1870 – 1944), with Charlecote Park and its chief contents, in 1946
Credit line
Charlecote Park, The Fairfax-Lucy Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Below the alcove: Inscribed with 'Deus nobis haec otia fecit'.
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist