John Geoffrey Grylls Mander (1932 -1978), as a boy
Tom Willem van Oss (b. Walberswick, Suffolk 1901)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1938 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
460 x 365 mm
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Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288971
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, John Geoffrey Grylls Mander (1932 -1978), as a boy, by Tom Willem van Oss (b. Walberswick, Suffolk 1901), signed: "Tom Van Oss" and dated 1938. A head-and-shoulders portrait of the son of Sir Geoffrey Mander and Rosalie Glynn Grylls, Lady Mander, turned slightly to the right, facing, wearing blue shirt with shirt collar and trim to short sleeves, against dark ground.
Provenance
Commissioned from the artist, 1938;transferred to the National Trust on the death of Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (1882-1962)
Marks and inscriptions
Tom Van Oss 1938 (signed in red bottom left)
Makers and roles
Tom Willem van Oss (b. Walberswick, Suffolk 1901)