Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, PC, MP (1795 – 1854)
possibly Thomas Phillips, RA (Dudley 1770 – London 1845)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1819 (monogrammed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
470 x 356 mm (18 1/2 x 14 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271033
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, PC, MP (1795 – 1854) possibly by Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), signed and dated, on portfolio at left: TP (in monogram) 1819. A three-quarter-length portrait of the Viscount, later created Earl in 1831, seated at a desk, turned to the right, holding a plan on his lap; short grey hair, wearing a dark jacket, with gilt buttons and a white stock, in the Library at Shugborough.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust with Shugborough’s park and contents of the state rooms, in part-payment of death-duties to the Treasury, following the death of Thomas, 4th Earl of Lichfield (1883 - 1960)
Credit line
Shugborough, The Anson Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
1819 (dated and signed on panel with a monogram)
Makers and roles
possibly Thomas Phillips, RA (Dudley 1770 – London 1845), artist