Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Bt MP (1818-1883)
Sir Hubert von Herkomer, CVO, RA (Waal 1849 – Budleigh Salterton 1914)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1130 x 864 mm (44 1/2 x 34 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624145
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Bt (1818-1883) by Sir Hubert Herkomer (1849-1914), circa 1880. A portrait of the son of Sir Charles Abraham Elton, 6th Bt (1778-1853 and Sara Smith (1782-1830) as a mature man, head and shoulders, turned to the right and gazing to the right, balding with grey hair, long sideburns and full beard and moustache He wears a brown jacket, white waistcoat, white shirt and small bow-tie. He married (i) Rhoda Susan Willis as her second husband and (ii) Eliza Stradling as her second husband.
Provenance
Purchased from Lady Margaret Ann Elton (1915 – 1995), 1981 with the help of grants from the V&A Purchase Fund and the NHMF
Makers and roles
Sir Hubert von Herkomer, CVO, RA (Waal 1849 – Budleigh Salterton 1914), artist
References
Clevedon Court [The National Trust] revised 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, p.26: "...the Great Hall... Below, to the left [of the portrait of the Rev. Sir Abraham Elton, 5th Bt (1755-1842)] is a portrait of his grandson, Sir Arthur, as an old man, by Sir Hubert Herkomer."