Anthony Francis Haldimand (1741-1817)
Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1798 - 1800
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 991 mm (49 x 39 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597941
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Anthony Francis Haldimand (1741-1817) by Sir Thomas Lawrence 1769-1830), circa 1798. A portrait of a mature man, three-quarter length standing, facing. He has powdered hair and is dressed in black with a white neckcloth, his right hand is at his side, and he has a book in his left hand which is supported on a table on the right; a large red curtain is draped in the background and there are documents on table at the left. Member of Parliament, London merchant and founder of the Anglo/Swiss banking house of Morris, Prevost and Co. Farrington recorded in January 1799 that Lawrence was paying court to his daughter. One of his twelve cildren, William ( 1784 - 1862), became a director of the Bank of England and MP for Ipswich, but then lived at his summer villa near Lausanne, which he endowed with a hospital for the poor and an asylum for the blind, and whence he financed the struggle for Greek independence and the Orleans dynasty.
Provenance
Bought by Sir Malcolm Stewart from Leggatt, who acquired it from the Haldimand family via the dealer Leggatt; bequeathed by Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart (1871-1951) to the National Trust (transferred to Montacute House, 1960 after the death of Lady Stewart)
Credit line
Montacute House, The Malcolm Stewart Bequest (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830), artist
References
Garlick 1954 Kenneth Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, 1954, p.40. HALDIMAND, Anthony (1741-1817) Before 1800: 127 x 102: Ex. Sir P. Malcolm Stewart: the National Trust Garlick 1962-64 Kenneth Garlick, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Walpole Society, Vol. xxxix, 1962-64, p.97 Gore 1969: F. St John Gore, 'Pictures in National Trust Houses', supplement to Burlington Magazine, Vol.cxi, No.793. April 1969, pp.239-58, p.248. "Montacute House, Somerset (Montacute, Nr.Yeovil) Ownership. In 1960 a collection of pictures (marked *) was bequeathed by Sir Malcolm Stewart. Lawrence Anthony Haldimand* 49 x 39 Garlick p.97." Montacute House, Somerset, 1976 [The National Trust; Dudley Dodd] 1976, "THE PARLOUR West Wall Anthony Haldimand, by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830)" Montacute House, Somerset, 1979 [The National Trust; Dudley Dodd] 1979, p.13. Shown in photograph of The Parlour, hung to left of fireplace. Montacute House, Somerset, 1986 [The National Trust; Dudley Dodd] 1979, revised 1986 , p.13. Shown in photograph of The Parlour, hung to left of fireplace. Montacute House, Somerset, 1986-1987 [The National Trust; Dudley Dodd] 1979, revised 1986 reprinted 1987 , p.13. Shown in photograph of The Parlour, hung to left of fireplace. Garlick 1989 Kenneth Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence. A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford, 1989, No. 362 p.201. "Haldimand. 362. Anthony Haldimand (1741-1817) Sometimes described as 'Anthony Haldimand MP', but his dane does not appear in the printed Parliamentary lists, 1650-1830. c.1795-1800. Canvas 50 x 40 (127 x 101.6) Montacute House, Somerset (The National Trust)" Montacute House, Somerset, 1991 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, p.58 "THE PARLOUR PAINTINGS Anthony Francis Haldimand (1741-1817) London merchant and founder of the banking house of Morris, Prevost & Co. (Stewart bequest) Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), c.1795-1800." Montacute House, Somerset, 1997 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, revised 1997 , p.60 "THE DRAWING ROOM PAINTINGS Anthony Francis Haldimand (1741-1817) London merchant and founder of the banking house of Morris, Prevost & Co. (Stewart bequest) Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), c.1795-1800." Montacute House, Somerset, 2004-2006 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 2000, revised 2004, reprinted 2005, 2006, p.48 "THE DRAWING ROOM PAINTINGS Anthony Francis Haldimand (1741-1817) London merchant and founder of the banking house of Morris, Prevost & Co. (Stewart bequest) Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), c.1795-1800." Garlick 1989 Kenneth Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence. A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford, 1989, 362