William Robert Phelips (1846-1919)
possibly Percy W. I. Buckman (Bradford Abbas 1865 - 1935)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1910
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
902 x 699 mm (35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597937
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Robert Phelips (1846 - 1919) possibly by Percy W. I. Buckman (Dorset 1865 - 1935), labelled: "The Last Squire to Reside at Montacute", circa 1910. A portrait of an elderly man, half-length, seated to left, gazing at spectator. He has grey hair a grey moustache and his left arm is resting on the arm of his chair, his right hand is on his lap. He is wearing a brown suit, white shirt and red tie with a glimpse of his waistcoat at top of buttoned-up jacket. Son of William Phelips and Ellen Helyar; married, firstly Cecily Fane and, secondly, Constance Louisa Ponsonby-Fane. Companion picture to NT 597938.
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 (The National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Small gilt tablet affixed to bottom centre of frame, inscribed:
Makers and roles
possibly Percy W. I. Buckman (Bradford Abbas 1865 - 1935), artist British (English) School, artist Unknown, artist
References
Montacute House, Somerset, 1976 [The National Trust; Dudley Dodd] 1976, "THE GROUND FLOOR CORRIDOR Portraits William Robert Phelips (1846-1919), unknown artist. The last of the Phelips family to live at Montacute House. Loaned by Mr David Phelips." Montacute House, Somerset, 1991 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, p.83 "THE GROUND FLOOR CORRIDOR (THE LOWER CLIFTON MAYBANK CORRIDOR) PAINTINGS NORTH END William Robert Phelips (1846-1919) The last member of the family to live at Montacute. Percy Buckman (1865-c.1937), c.1910." Montacute House, Somerset, 1997 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, revised 1997 , p.83 "THE GROUND FLOOR CORRIDOR (THE LOWER CLIFTON MAYBANK CORRIDOR) PAINTINGS NORTH END William Robert Phelips (1846-1919) The last member of the family to live at Montacute. Percy Buckman (1865-c.1937), c.1910."