Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Bt (1655-1700)
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1678
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1600 x 1240 x 50 mm
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171111
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Bt (1655-1700), after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618- London 1680), circa 1678. A three-quarter-length portrait to right of a young man, the son of Roger Grosevenor and Christian, daughter of the second Sir Thomas Myddelton, standing, turned three-quarters to right, gazing at spectator, wearing a full-bottomed wig, long lace cravat falling over a cuirass, a red cloak draped over the cuirass, his left hand, fingers outstretched, placed on his chest, his right hand is on hip; with a rocky background to left, and a view of a hilly landscape with trees and a house to right. After a portrait by Lely of 1678 in the Duke of Westminster's collection.
Full description
Associated with Chirk Castle
Provenance
In Chirk Catalogue catalogue, circa 1900, in Saloon. Shown on diagrammatic hang [north wall, over right door] and manuscript picture list as no. 9. Sir Robert Grosvenor ; with some of the contents, in 1978, that were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales. (In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust). On loan to the Trust from Guy Charles Myddelton. Gifted to Guy C Myddelton from Captain David Myddelton in 2010. Purchased by the National Trust from Mr Guy Myddelton in 2023
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist
References
Chirk Castle 2001 Timothy Sammons Ltd, London, Inventory and Valuation of selected chattels at Chirk Castle. Offered by private treaty to the National Trust, 2001, p. 18, no.332