Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (1553-1628) (after British (English) School)
Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834)
Category
Art / Miniatures
Date
circa 1812
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
203 mm (H)165 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1250553
Summary
Enamel portrait miniature, Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (1553-1628) (after British (English) School) by Henry Bone, RA (Truro 1755 – Somers Town, London 1834). c.1812. Three-quarter length portrait, turned slightly to the right, facing spectator, in a white doublet, red and gold embroidered trunk hose, sword belt, ribbon and lesser George of the Garter, high layered ruff, his left hand resting on a table, his right on top of his cane. On the table to the right is a purse behind which is a column and to the left are trees in the background. Original in the collection at Gorhambury.
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
EDWARD SOMERSET, Earl of Worcester / 31 (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