Possibly Sharington II Talbot (d.1677)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1627 - 1635
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1179 x 737 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996283
Caption
Probably born in 1577, and christened Sharington in order to preserve the family name, Sharington Talbot was the son of Olive Sharington († 1646) and her first husband, John Talbot († 1581), whom she married in 1574. He lived at Salwarp, Worcestershire, and married first Elizabeth Leighton, who bore him a son and heir, Sharington II Talbot of Salwarp and Lacock. His second wife, Mary Washbourne, bore him children, who were to become the Earls of Shrewsbury.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Possibly Sharington II Talbot (d.1677), British (English) School. A three-quarter length portrait, slightly left, in black coat slashed with white, a broad golden sword-strap over his right shoulder, and his left hand on the pommel of his sword (which has a large steel guard for it), a glove in his right.
Full description
Sharington II Talbot was the elder of the two sons of Sharington I Talbot of Salwarp (d.1642) and his first wife, Elizabeth Leighton. He inherited Lacock from his grandmother, Olive Sharington (d.1646), whose first husband had been John Talbot (d.1581). The Talbots supported Charles I in the Civil War, and Lacock was occupied by both Royalist and Parliamentary garrisons (Chippenham was normally a Parliamentary stronghold). Sharington was himself once taken prisoner. After the war he was fined £1,000. It is probably by the same hand as NT 996285 (of Jane Lyttelton, his wife), but not painted as a companion. They were probably painted to commemorate their marriage on 13 October 1627. Alastair Laing has noted that the dress is datable to the late 1620s or early 1630s, which would fit in with the date of their marriage.
Provenance
Given by Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly Gilchrist-Clark) (1871 – 1958), who gave the Abbey, the village of Lacock and the rest of the estate to the National Trust in 1944, along with 96 of the family portraits and other pictures, in 1948
Credit line
Lacock Abbey, The Talbot Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist