Edmund Bastard (1758-1816), as a boy
Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1766
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
584 x 483 mm (23 x 19 in )
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872265
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Edmund Bastard (1758 - 1816), as a boy by Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), circa 1766, inscribed, top right: Angelica Kauffman / pinxit. A half- length portrait looking to the right, in green and gold 'Van Dyck' dress, raising his right hand to his collar and carrying a feathered hat in his left hand.
Provenance
In 1819 inventory and thence by descent;accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death-duties from the executors of Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951) and transferred to the National Trust in 1957
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (accepted in lieu of tax by HM Government and transferred to the National Trust in 1957)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Inscribed in gold (painted over), top left: Edm Bastard Esqr . Recto: Inscribed, top right: Angelica Kauffman, / pinxit
Makers and roles
Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), artist