Henry Calverley (1604-1650/1)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1638 (inscribed)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
724 x 610 mm (28 1/2 x 24 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584385
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Henry Calverley (1604-1650/1), British (English) School, 1638, inscribed: top right: AE: S: 34/1638; with 18th C inscription bottom right: HENRY. CALVERLEY./Nat.1604. Denat. Janry. 1. 1661.; and on the back: Henry Calverley great grandfather of Sr Walter Blackett. A painted oval head-and shoulders portrait of a man, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the specrator, wearing black with wide lawn collar.
Provenance
Given with the property to the National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt (1870 – 1958)
Credit line
Wallington, The Trevelyan Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Back of canvas: Henry Calverley, Great grandfather of Sir Walter Blackett Back of frame: G. E. (illegible), Picture Framer & restorer, 18, PRINCESS STREET. (OFF SAVILLE ROW) NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE,1, DIAL 21665
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist