Edward Henry Howard, Cardinal Howard (1829-1892)
possibly Italian School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1878
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1053 x 825 x 80 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171147
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Edward Henry Howard, Cardinal Howard (1829-1892), (?) Italian school, 1878. A head and shoulders portrait of Edward Howard, turned three-quarters to right, facing, gazing at spectator, wearing Cardinal’s robes with gold pectoral cross; background of flowered wallpaper. He was the brother-in-law of Richard Myddelton Biddulph (1837- 1913). He was an officer in the Life Guards before he became priest in 1854; Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati from 1877. Another portrait is in Arundel Castle.
Provenance
probably by gift to his brother-in-law, Richard Myddelton (1837 - 1913), thence by descent, until purchased in 1994
Credit line
Chirk Castle, The Myddelton Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Label on back of stretcher (left side torn off): [Ri]tratto fatto dal pittore / [G?]uidi ncl 1878
Makers and roles
possibly Italian School, artist