Robert Stewart, Earl Londonderry, later 1st Marquess, with his family, in an architectural setting.
attributed to Thomas Robinson (Windermere before 1770 – Dublin 1810)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
c. 1809
Materials
Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Measurements
549 x 743 mm (21 5/8 x 29 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Ireland
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Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1219961
Summary
Oil painting on paper laid down on canvas, A Conversation Piece with Robert, later 1st Marquess of Londonderry (1739-1821), his Second Wife, Frances (1750-1833), their Son Charles William (1778-1854), and their four younger daughters, Selina, Matilda, Emily Jane and Octavia, c.1809, attrib to Thomas Robinson (Windermere before 1770 – Dublin 1810), , The daughters shown are Lady Selina Stewart, later Lady Selina Kerr (d.1871), Lady Emily Jane Stewart, Viscountess Hardinge (1789-1865), Lady Octavia Catherine Stewart, later Baroness Ellenborough (d.1819) and Lady Matilda Stewart, later Lady Matilda Ward (d.1842). Their elder three daughters Georgiana (d. 1804), Caroline (1865) and Frances Anne (1777 - 1810) are not present.
Provenance
On loan to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009) 1976, then accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust 2013.
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Robert Stewart ........ (long inscription beginning)
Makers and roles
attributed to Thomas Robinson (Windermere before 1770 – Dublin 1810), artist probably Gaetano Fabbrini (c.1769 - 1849), artist previously catalogued as attributed to British (English) School, artist