Sir George Whitmore (d.1654)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1650
Materials
Oil on canvas in a wooden frame
Measurements
698 x 584 mm (27 1/2 x 23 in)
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Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814151
Summary
Oil painting on canvas: Sir George Whitmore (d.1654), British (English) School, circa 1650. A painted oval half-length portrait of a young man, turned slightly to left, facing, gazing at the spectator, shoulder-length dark 'natural hair, wearing black robes with a white linen cravat. He was Sheriff of London in 1621.
Provenance
Dudmaston collection; bought by Geoffrey Wolryche-Whitmore (1881- 1969); given by Rachel Katherine Hamilton Russell, Lady Labouchere (1908 – 1996) along with the Dudmaston estate in 1978
Credit line
Dudmaston, The Labouchere Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist