Lord Charles Cavendish (1620 - 1643)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1641 - 1643
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1194 x 940 mm (47 x 37 in)
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129150
Caption
Charles Cavendish was a Royalist general, named after his godfather, Prince Charles. He was the second son of the 2nd Earl of Devonshire and Christiana Bruce. He was made Lieutenant General under his cousin, William Marquis and later created Duke of Newcastle. He was killed at Gainsborough 31 July 1643, and buried at Newark. His body was moved to the Cavendish vault in All Saints Church, Derby on the day of his mother's burial there, on 18th February 1674.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lord Charles Cavendish (1620 - 1643), British (English) School, inscribed top right: Lieut. Genl. Charles Cavendish, Son to/Christian Countess of Devonshire./Killed in the Civil Wars at Gainsborough, 17th century. A three-quarter length portrait of a young man, turned slightly to the left, brown shoulder-length curly hair, wearing a buff coloured doublet, breast-plate, red sash and white lawn collar; a baton in his right hand, his left hand resting on the hilt of his sword, his helmet on a plinth on the left. He was the second son of the 2nd Earl of Devonshire and Christian Bruce his wife, Lieutenant General of Horse under his cousin William Marquis and afterwards Duke of Newcastle. He was killed at Gainsborougfh 31 July 1643, buried at Newark and moved to the Cavendish vault in All Saints Church, Derby on the day of his mother's burial there. February 18th 1674.
Provenance
Probably from Welbeck Abbey (Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles, Countess of Oxford, mother in law of the 2nd Duke of Portland);in Swift 1811 inventory and thence by descent until, following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
top right Lieut.Genl.Charles Cavendish, Son to/Christian Countess of Devonshire./Killed in the Civil Wars at Gainsborough
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist Hieronymus de Neve (fl.1640), artist