James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665-1745) (after Dahl)
Mrs Ann Howard (née Brown) (fl.1698-1720)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1714
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1219 x 914 mm (48 x 36 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257075
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665-1745), by Mrs Ann Howard (fl.1698-1720), after Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 – London 1743), circa 1714. A three-quarter-length portrait of the grandson of the 1st Duke of Ormonde, who leased Kingston Lacy and died in the house in 1688.Turned to the right, wearing a long wig, armour, a red cloak, wide blue sword belt, a blue Garter sash over his left shoulder from which is suspended the Lesser George; holds a baton in his right hand, his left on his hip, and his helmet placed on a table to the right.
Provenance
first recorded in 1731; bequeathed by Ralph Bankes, 1981
Marks and inscriptions
DUKE OF ORMONDE / J. GANDY (painted in black on fixed gilt label, centred under image)
Makers and roles
Mrs Ann Howard (née Brown) (fl.1698-1720), artist after Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), original artist
References
Ingamells, 2009: John Ingamells, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009, pp. 198-200