Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833-1907)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1880 - 1890
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1716 x 1305 mm
Order this imageCollection
Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 1191195
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833-1907), 1880-1890. A three-quarter-length portrait of a man, standing with a gun under his right arm, his left hand resting on a stone balustrade on which sits his grey hat. He is balding with side whiskers and moustache, dressed in a dark brown jacket, light brown trousers, white shirt and brown tie. Trees in the background on the left, and view of a distant horizon with hills, and cloudy sky on the right. One of the ten richest men in Britain. He owned the Wilson-Ellerker shipping line which traded out of Hull with the Baltic. He built Tranby Croft, an Italian inspired country house, outside Hull. A Member of Parliament and created a peer in 1906. Married Florence Wellesley who gave Beningbrough Hall (which she bought in 1917/18) to her son-in-law and daughter, 10th Earl and Countess of Chesterfield.
Provenance
Likely to be the portrait listed in the 1958 Beningbrough Hall contents auction catalogue has Lot 1174 ("Earl of Chesterfield carrying a gun"). Probably withdrawn from sale by family and later transferred to National Trust.
Marks and inscriptions
The Hon. C. G. Wilson (on the back)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist Edward Hughes (Islington 1832 - London 1908), artist