Edward Phelips VI, MP (1753-1791)
Thomas Beach (Milton Abbas 1738 – Dorchester 1806)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1780 - circa 1785
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597929
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Edward Phelips MP (1753-1791) by Thomas Beach (Milton Abbas 1738 – Dorchester 1806), circa 1780/85. A painted oval portrait of a plump young man, head and shoulders turned to right, almost profile, double chin, in a grey powdered wig and wearing a plum-coloured coat and white stock tucked into his waistcoat. Edward Phelips was the eldest son of Edward Phelips V but predeceased his father. His brother, the Revd William Phelips (1755 - 1806) inherited Montacute in 1797.
Provenance
On loan from the Phelips family since 1931; purchased with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the V&A Museums and Galleries Commission Purchase Grant Fund in 1989.
Credit line
Montacute House, The Phelips Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Small gilt tablet affixed to bottom centre of frame, inscribed:
Makers and roles
Thomas Beach (Milton Abbas 1738 – Dorchester 1806), artist
References
Montacute House, Somerset, 1997 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, revised 1997 , p.57. "THE PARLOUR PASSAGE. PAINTINGS EAST (RIGHT-HAND) WALL: Edward Phelips (1753-91) Eldest son of Edward Phelips (1725-97); predeceased his father. Pendant to his brother opposite. Thomas Beach (1738-1806), c.1780." Montacute House, Somerset, 1997 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, revised 1997 , p.63. "LORD CURZON'S ROOM PAINTINGS Edward Phelips (1753-91) Eldest son of Edward Phelips (1725-97); predeceased his father. Pendant to his brother opposite. Thomas Beach (1738-1806), c.1780." Montacute House, Somerset, 2004-2006 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 2000, revised 2004, reprinted 2005, 2006, p.51. "LORD CURZON'S ROOM PAINTINGS Edward Phelips (1753-91) Eldest son of Edward Phelips (1725-97); predeceased his father. Pendant to his brother opposite. Thomas Beach (1738-1806), c.1780."