Sir William Thompson MP (1678-1739)
Isaac Seeman (fl.1739 – London 1751) and Studio
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1739 (engr. after original) - circa 1750
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1480 x 1225 x 60 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584398
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir William Thompson MP (1678-1739) by Isaac Seeman (fl.1739 – London 1751) and Studio, 1739 - circa 1750. Inscribed: in 18th century with name of sitter, bottom left: Sir Wm. Thompson Kt./Baron of the Exchequer 1727./m. Julia widow of 1st. Sr. Wm. Blackett of Wallington. A three-quarter-length portrait seated to left in judge's robes.
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
(later inscription with name of sitter)
Makers and roles
Isaac Seeman (fl.1739 – London 1751) and Studio, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist