Sir John Bankes MP PC (1589-1644) (after Gilbert Jackson)
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
1821
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
121 mm (H)95 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250550
Summary
Enamel portrait miniature, Sir John Bankes MP PC (1589-1644) (after Gilbert Jackson) by Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834). 1821. Half-length portrait, turned slightly to the right, gazing at spectator, wearing robes as Lord Chief Justice, black skull cap lined with white, layered ruff, collar of SS. Grey eyes, hair and beard. Plain dark background. In one frame with Lady Mary Bankes (KLA/Bone/29). The original is in the collection of Kingston Lacy (KLA/P/9)
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
28 / SIR JOHN and LADY BANKES / 29 (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834), artist after Gilbert Jackson (fl.1621-1643), original artist