Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) (after British (English) School)
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1811
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
203 mm (H)159 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250544
Summary
Enamel portrait miniature, Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) (after British (English) School) by Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834). c.1811. Three-quarter length portrait, standing to the right; right hand on his hip; left on his sword hilt; brown eyes turned towards the spectator; light brown hair; he wears small neck and wrist ruffs; a steel gorget decorated with gilt bands; a white slashed doublet; black gold embroidered trunks and sword belt; plain brown background. Original in the National Portrait Gallery.
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
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY / Soldier and Poet / 22 (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