Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624) (after Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt after Daniel Mytens the elder)
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1814
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
203 mm (H)159 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250546
Summary
Enamel portrait miniature, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624) (after Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt after Daniel Mytens the elder) by Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834). c.1814. Three-quarter length porrtrait, turned slightly to right, facing spectator, in a black suit, grey gloves, ribbon and lesser George of the Garter. Blue eyes, fair hair and beard, pale face, leaning on a green leather chair, left. Original in the collection at Woburn Abbey.
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
HENRY WRIOTESLY / 3rd Earl of Southampton / 24 (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834), artist after Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt (Delft 1567 – Delft 1641), artist after Daniel Mytens the elder (Delft c.1590 – The Hague 1648), artist