Thomas Howard, 7th Baron Howard of Effingham (1682-1725) and his Wife, Mary Wentworth, Lady Howard of Effingham (d.1718)
Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1714 - circa 1715
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
1854 x 1321 mm (73 x 52 in)
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 653148
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Howard, 6th Baron Howard of Effingham (1682-1725) and his Wife, Mary Wentworth, Lady Howard of Effingham (d.1718) by Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), circa 1714/15. An oval pair of three-quarter length portraits, Thomas standing on the left, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator and Mary seated on the right, facing, head slightly inclined to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing Coronation robes. Her left elbow leans on a blue covered table, her right hand holding a coronet in her lap. Daughter of Ruishe Wentworth of Sarre, Isle of Thanet. They married in 1706/7. They were the parents of Mary Howard who married George Vernon who became the 1st Lord Vernon after her death. Ruishe Wentworth was nephew of Thomas Wentworth Earl of Strafford. (Possibly reduced from full length).
Provenance
Acquired from 10th Lord Vernon in lieu of death-duties after the death of Francis Lawrance William Venables-Vernon, 9th Lord Vernon (1889 -1963) and transferred to the National Trust in 1967 through the National Land Fund
Credit line
Sudbury Hall, The Vernon Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1967)
Makers and roles
Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), publisher