Called Sir Henry ('Harry') Vane (1613-1662)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
980 x 797 x 59 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171137
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Called Sir Henry ‘Harry’ Vane, the younger (1613-1662), English School, 18th century. A head and shoulders portrait of the Governor of Massachusetts, turned three-quarters to right, head turned slightly forward and gazing at spectator, wearing a blue coat with small lace collar fastened in the centre with a jewel, and brown cloak, right hand with outspread fingers on chest.
Provenance
Probably by descent from Mary Liddell, Mrs. John Myddelton (d.1741); in Chirk Castle house catalogue, c.1900, in Saloon. (Shown on diagrammatic hang [west wall, bottom register]) and in manuscript picture list as “26. Sir Harry Vane.” and thence by descent. Previously amongst the chattels that, in 1978, 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. Chattels from the estate of Lady Margaret Myddelton that were accepted in lieu in 2006. Previously on loan by Guy Myddelton.
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Label on back of frame inscribed in ink: Saloon No.26 / Sir Harry Vane Verso: Inscribed on small label on frame and stretcher, in ink: 57
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist