Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield (1856-1918)
Frank Moss Bennett (Liverpool 1874 – London 1952)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1920 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
978 x 787 mm (38 1/2 x 31 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1271060
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield (1856-1918) by Frank Moss Bennett (1874-1953), signed and dated: F M Bennett 1920. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, hands clasped together, grey hair, moustache, wearing a brown jacket and trousers, wing-collar shirt with blue tie. A great temperance campaigner, he was found shot in the woods by the estate.
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
1920 (signed and dated)
Makers and roles
Frank Moss Bennett (Liverpool 1874 – London 1952), artist