Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield (1795–1854)
Chester Harding (Conway, USA 1792 – Boston USA 1866)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1824 (dated on reverse)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271053
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield, PC, MP (1795–1854) by Chester Harding (1792-1866), 1824. A half-length portrait wearing a black coat and yellow waistcoat. Harding an American portrait painter frst visited England in 1823 and this portrait must have been painted soon after his arrival.
Provenance
Lord Waterpark sale, Christie's, 12 June 1897, lot 125, bought Lord Lichfield; 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)
Marks and inscriptions
1824 (signed and dated)
Makers and roles
Chester Harding (Conway, USA 1792 – Boston USA 1866), artist