Edward Dyke (1688-1746)
possibly Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701 – Twickenham 1779)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1741 - 1746
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
910 x 770 x 50 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726088
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Edward Dyke (1688-1746) possibly by Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701 – Twickenham 1779), 1741-46. A painted oval half-length portrait to left, wearing brown coat and blue gold-braided waistcoat, with grey wig, his hat under his left arm.
Provenance
In Dunster Castle inventory, 1910, p.38 as in Inner Hall; and thence by descent; previously on loan, 1975; gift of Lt-Col Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell (1919 – 2007) to the National Trust in 1981
Makers and roles
possibly Thomas Hudson (Devonshire 1701 – Twickenham 1779), artist
References
Lyte 1909 Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte, History of Dunster, and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell. London 1909, p. 224