Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Dean of St Patricks' Cathedral, Dublin
Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1713 - 1739
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
737 x 610 mm (29 x 24 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129822
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Dean of St Patricks' Cathedral, Dublin by Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), inscribed: top middle: DEAN SWIFT. OBT. 1745. A portrait of Jonathan Swift in a painted oval, head-and-shoulders, turned to the right, wearing a powdered curled wig, black gown and square bands. He became Dean of St Patricks' Cathedral in Dublin, 1713- 45.
Provenance
In the 1799 inventory as "Swift 2" in the Dining Parlour; in the 1828 inventory, in the Dining Room, as "Dr. Jonathan Swift" (No.53), with "Qu[?] to Jarvis" added in a later hand; subsequently by inheritance and descent; on loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Marks and inscriptions
Upper centre: DEAN SWIFT. OBT.1745
Makers and roles
Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist
References
Ingamells, 2009: John Ingamells, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009, pp. 273-275