Thomas Sutton (1532-1611) (after British (English) School)
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1817
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
203 mm (H)159 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250540
Summary
Enamel portrait miniature, Thomas Sutton (1532-1611) (after British (English) School) by Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834). c.1817. Three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned to right facing spectator, wearing a ruff, a black fur-lined robe, and holding a scroll in his right hand; in his left hand (resting on a table, right) he holds 'A Plan of ye Charterhouse'. Brown eyes, white hair and beard. Green curtain and trees in background. Original in the collection at Charterhouse.
Provenance
The Bone enamels at Kingston Lacy, copied from paintings in well-known houses, were mostly acquired by William Bankes at auction in 1836, from a set of 85 which had been unsuccessfully offered to the nation for £4000 by the elder Bone. William gave the bulk of them to his brother the Rev Edward Bankes. After William's flight abroad in 1841, Edward returned them to Kingston Lacy.
Marks and inscriptions
THOMAS SUTTON / Soldier and Merchant / 18 (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834), artist after British (English) School, artist