The Reverend Lewis Sneyd (c.1788 – 1858)
Thomas Barber the Elder (Nottingham 1771 - Nottingham 1843)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1810
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
736 x 610 mm (29 x 24 in)
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129248
Caption
The sitter was the son of the Reverend Ralph Sneyd, himself the 2nd son of Ralph Sneyd of Keele and Willaston. He entered Christ Church in 1805, and became Fellow of All Souls in 1809, Warden of All Souls in 1827, and then rector of East Lockinge. He died unmarried. There is also a portrait of him of 1833 by John Bridges, at All Souls, Oxford, which was painted at the request of the college. Thomas Barber had a wide practice in the Midlands and the North of England, where most of his pictures remain.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Reverend Lewis Sneyd (c.1788 – 1858) by Thomas Barber the elder (Nottingham 1771 - Nottingham 1843), circa 1810. A half-length portrait, seated to left in a red-covered chair, head facing, wearing dark coat and white stock. He entered Christ Church, 1805; Fellow of All Souls, 1809; Warden of All Souls, 1827, and rector of East Lockinge. From the family of Keele Hall, son of Reverend Ralph Sneyd, himself the 2nd son of Ralph Sneyd of Keele and Willaston.
Provenance
In 1845 Handbook 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 (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1959)
Makers and roles
Thomas Barber the Elder (Nottingham 1771 - Nottingham 1843), artist