Lord James Cavendish (after 1673-1751)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1715
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
740 x 620 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129181
Caption
Lord James Cavendish was the third son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire (1640-1707) and Mary Butler (1640-1710). He spent much of his professional career as MP for Derby (1701-42 with interruptions). He married Anne Yale (d.1734), daughter of Elihu Yale, in 1708. Both their son and their daughter married children of Edward Chandler, Bishop of Durham, but he disinherited his son in favour of his daughter ‘because from his bad company of the people he had about him he apprehended it [the legacy] would be doing more service to them than him’.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lord James Cavendish (after 1673-1751) by Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). A painted oval half-length portrait, profile to right, head facing, wearing plum (now almost wholly grey) coloured coat, white stock and full-bottomed wig.
Provenance
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)
Makers and roles
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist