Sir Thomas Myddelton IV, 2nd Bt (1651-1684)
John Michael Wright (bap. London 1617 - London 1694)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1670
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1600 x 1270 x 45 mm
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171122
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Thomas Myddelton IV, 2nd Bt (1651-1684) by John Michael Wright (London 1617 - London 1694), circa 1670, inscribed, probably in an 18th century hand, bottom right: Sr Thos Myddelton B[t?] and, probably in a 19th century hand, top right Sir Thomas Myddelton Bt / Died 1683. A three-quarter-length portrait, of Sir Thomas Myddelton IV as a young man, seated in an interior, turned three-quarters to right, gazing at spectator, in full-bottomed wig, wearing a white lace cravat, puce coloured robes over full white sleeves and a light plum-coloured cloak, and a darker cloak, pinned to his right shoulder and partially draped across chest. The proper left hand is placed on the left hip and the proper right gestures towards the ground. Against red drapery with fluted column in the background.
Full description
Associated with Chirk Castle
Provenance
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 by Guy Myddelton. Purchased by the National Trust from Mr Guy Myddelton in 2023.
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Inscribed in 18th century hand (?), bottom right: Sr Thos Myddelton B[t?] Recto: Inscribed in a 19th century hand (?), top right: Sir Thomas Myddelton Bt / Died 1683.
Makers and roles
John Michael Wright (bap. London 1617 - London 1694), artist
References
Laing 1989 Alastair Laing, ‘Changelings at Chirk Castle’, Country Life, 8 June 1989, pp.272 - 75, p. 273, fig. 3 Chirk Castle, 2003: [National Trust] 2003, p. 40