Sir Thomas II Myddelton (1586-1666)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1670
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1010 x 890 x 40 mm
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171114
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Thomas II Myddelton (1586-1666), English School, circa 1670. A painted oval portrait half-length of the Civil War general, turned three-quarters to the right, gazing at spectator, his own shoulder length hair, moustache and pointed beard, wearing a black skull-cap and armour. After NT 1171159, a portrait of circa 1650 in the manner of Robert Walker.
Full description
Associated with Chirk Castle
Provenance
Probably commissioned, circa 1670, by the sitter's widow, Mary Napier (mother of Thomas Myddelton IIII) and thence by descent; in Long Gallery in possibly 1872 & 1910; 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
British (English) School
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. 17, no.331 Steegman 1957 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol.I: North Wales, Cardiff, 1957, no. 6