Sir Thomas Myddelton IV, 2nd Bt (1651-1684)
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1675
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1550 x 1215 x 45 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171161
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Thomas Myddelton IV, 2nd Bt (1651-1684) by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680) and Studio, circa 1675. A portrait of Thomas Myddelton IV as a young man, three-quarter-length, standing, turned to right, gazing at spectator, wearing armour, a full-bottomed curled wig, and lace cravat, his plumed helmet on a plinth at left. He holds a baton in the proper right hand, the left hand on hip. A fluted column in the background with sky beyond.
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)
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist
References
Lord 2000 Peter Lord, The Visual Culture of Wales: Imaging the Nation, Cardiff University of Wales Press, 2000, p. 66, fig. 96