Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Bt MP (1697-1728)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1720
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 922291
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Bt MP (1696/97-1728), British (English) School, formerly attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), 1720. A three-quarter length portrait of a young man, standing, almost facing, head turned to left, gazing to the left, in front of rock to right, landscape to left. His left arm rests on a on ledge on the right, his left arm is by his side. He is in a grey wig, and is wearing a silver-coloured coat open to reveal white linen. A blue-green shot-silk cloak is draped beneath his left arm and crosses in front of him and falls to the left. He was the son of John Acland and Elizabeth Acland. Married Cecily Wrothe. Elected MP for Barnstable.
Provenance
By descent until; accepted in lieu by HM Government and transferred to the National Trust in 1995, as attributed to Enoch Seeman/Portrait of Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Bt
Credit line
Killerton, The Acland Collection (accepted in lieu by HM Government and transferred to The National Trust in 1995)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist possibly Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745), artist possibly Hans Hysing (Stockholm 1678 – London 1753), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), artist
References
Killerton House, Devon, 2000 [The National Trust] 2000, Illus. p.34: Caption to illustration: "Sir Hugh Acland, 6th Bt. whose marriage in 1721 to Cecily Wroth increased the wealth of the family."