Charles Phelips (1794-1869)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 991 mm (49 x 39 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597962
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Charles Phelips (1794-1869), British (English) School, circa 1830. A portrait of the son of Reverend Charles Phelips (1765-1834) and Mary Blackmore (d.1816) as a middle-aged man, three quarter length, standing, facing, head and gaze turned to right, his left hand resting on the stump of a tree and wearing a black coat and trousers, cream waistcoat, white shirt and black stock. Landscape setting, with a stream running from left to right, trees behind and a distant view. In 1820 married Caroline Elizabeth Taylor the daughter of James Taylor.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust for Montacute by Commander Guy V.A. Phelips (1895-1974)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Small gilt tablet affixed to bottom centre of frame, inscribed:
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist
References
Montacute House, Somerset, 1991 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, p.83 "THE GROUND FLOOR CORRIDOR (THE LOWER CLIFTON MAYBANK CORRIDOR) PAINTINGS NORTH END Charles Phelips (1794-1869) Son of the Rev. Charles Phelips, and grandson of Edwards Phelips (1725-97) Unknown artist, c.1840-5." 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 Charles Phelips (1794-1869) Son of the Rev. Charles Phelips, and grandson of Edwards Phelips (1725-97) Unknown artist, c.1840-5."