Alexander Fownes Luttrell (1855-1944)
Mark Richard Milbanke (London 1875 - London 1927)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1925 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
960 x 835 x 60 mm
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Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726126
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Alexander Fownes Luttrell (1855-1944) by Mark Richard Milbanke (London 1875 - London 1927), signed and dated, Mark Milbanke, 1925. A seated half-length portrait, to left wearing a grey suit. Alexander Luttrell (1855-1944) married Alice Munro Ferguson in 1886. Alexander Luttrell (1855-1944) married Alice Munro Ferguson in 1886. His failure to make over the estate to his son led, on his death, to the sale of Dunster Castle to meet the crippling tax liability. The Castle and park were recovered from the Commissioners of Crown Lands in 1954.
Provenance
Previously on loan, 1975; gift of Lt-Col Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell (1919 – 2007) to the National Trust in 1981.
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated Mark Milbanke, 1925
Makers and roles
Mark Richard Milbanke (London 1875 - London 1927)