William Phelips (d.1714)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1232 x 1003 mm (48 1/2 x 39 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Montacute House, Somerset
NT 597997
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Phelips (d.1714), British (English) School, circa 1700. A three-quarter-length portrait of the third son of Colonel Edward Phelips II (c.1613-1679/80) and Ann Pye (d.c.1698/1700) as a middle-aged man, three-quarter length, seated, turned to right, gazing at spectator, in a full-bottomed brown wig, wearing a red velvet coat, white shirt with white cravat, and white sleeves showing at the wrists; his left arm resting on his thigh, his right hand at his waist holding the bottom of a blue/black cape which is draped on his left arm; the cape covers the chair on which he is sitting and falls on a plinth to the left. Brown background with vague niche indicated. He married Jane Kayleway; they lived at Preston Plucknett.
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 centre bottom of frame, inscribed:
Makers and roles
British (English) School, publisher
References
Montacute House, Somerset, 1991 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, p.57. "THE PARLOUR PASSAGE PAINTINGS EAST (RIGHT-HAND) WALL William Phelips (d.1714) Third son of Colonel Edward Phelips (c.1613-80) Unknown artist, 1700." Montacute House, Somerset, 1997 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 1991, revised 1997 , p.57. "THE PARLOUR PASSAGE PAINTINGS EAST (RIGHT-HAND) WALL William Phelips (d.1714) Third son of Colonel Edward Phelips (c.1613-80) Unknown artist, 1700." Montacute House, Somerset, 2004-2006 [The National Trust; Malcolm Rogers] 2000, revised 2004, reprinted 2005, 2006, p.45. "THE PARLOUR PASSAGE PAINTINGS EAST (RIGHT-HAND) WALL William Phelips (d.1714) Third son of Colonel Edward Phelips (c.1613-80) Unknown artist, 1700."