William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808–1891)
after George Frederic Watts (London 1817 - Compton 1904)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1885 (after)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1260 x 1000 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129265
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808–1891), after George Frederick Watts OM, RA, (London 1817 - Compton 1904). A three-quarter-length portrait, seated, facing, head slightly left, wearing robes of Chancellor of Cambridge University after an original of 1885 in Cambridge University Collection.
Provenance
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
Makers and roles
after George Frederic Watts (London 1817 - Compton 1904), artist