'Mr Stafford': almost certainly Edmund Stafford of Buckinghamshire
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1660 - 1665
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1029 mm (50 x 40 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257044
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'Mr Stafford': almost certainly Edmund Stafford of Buckinghamshire, by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), circa 1660/65. Inscribed : Mr Stafford. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned to left, and set in a landscape with a statue; wearing a gold-coloured cloak, his left hand is on a projection of the rock acting as a foil behind him, his right comes across his breast to touch his left shoulder.
Provenance
Probably commissioned by Sir Ralph Bankes (?1631-1677); recorded by Dowdney, 1731, no. 73; October 1762 catalogue, no. 54; 1772 catalogue, no. 6, Musgrave, 1797, no. 15; Vigers 1905; bequeathed by (Henry John Ralph) Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Credit line
Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist
References
Kingston Lacy (Kingston Hall ) 1731 [George Dowdney], Account for lining and restoration of pictures at Kingston Hall, 1731, no. 73 Kingston Lacy 1762 [Henry Bankes the Elder] A Catalogue of the Pictures at Kingston Hall and by whom Painted. October 1762, Kingston Lacy 1762, no. 54 Musgrave 1797 Sir William Musgrave, Catalogues of Painted Portraits bequeathed by Sir William Musgrave- Dorchester. Painted Portraits in Kingston Hall. Hen. Bankes Esq. 1797, British Library Add. MS 6391 ff.32-33, no.15 Kingston Lacy 1775 [Henry Bankes the Elder] A catalogue of pictures completed on 28 October 1764 and corrected in September 1775 being a revised copy of A Catalogue of the Pictures at Kingston Hall and by whom Painted. October 1762. Kingston Lacy, 1775, no. 54 Kingston Lacy 1800 [Henry Bankes II (1757 – 1834)] 1st set of Kingston Lacy Picture Bats, c.1800, Kingston Lacy 1800, no. 14 Kingston Lacy 1905 [Thomas Vigers], An Inventory of Heirlooms at “Kingston Lacy” Wimborne, Dorset, Dorset Record Office, Box D/BKL 8C/58 [typewritten copy], Kingston Lacy 1905, p.7
