George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758)
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1727
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298242
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758) by Michael Dahl (1656-1743). A three-quarter-length portrait, in a wig and Peer's robes, a coronet on the table to the left. This is the original of one of Dahl's two heads-and-shoulder portraits of this sitter at Dunham Massey (DUN/P/13). If, as would appear, it was painted to show him not merely in peer's, but in coronation, robes, it must date from 1727, albeit using the same face as the three-quarter-length with his daughter at Dunham Massey (DUN/P/72) and the derived head-and-shoulders (DUN/P/79).
Provenance
Bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958) to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: in chalk: Stairs pencil inscription: Rehung 16/8/39 / <33 label: 32508 / 33 label: G. Harry. 4th Earl Stamford and Warrington b. 1768 commercial label: Thomas Agnew and Sons / Carvers Gilders / Printsellers & Publishers / To the Queen Prince Albert / & the Duke of Cambridge / Repository of Arts / Exchange Street / Manchester in chalk: Staircase Hall
Makers and roles
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist