Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Courtenay Throckmorton (1866-1916)
John Saint-Hélier Lander (Jersey 1869 – 1944)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1916 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1473 x 984 mm (58 x 38 3/4 in)
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Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 135601
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Courtenay Throckmorton (1866-1916) by John Saint-Hélier Lander (Jersey 1869 – 1944), signed and dated J st Helier Lander, 1916. A three-quarter-length posthumous portrait, of Lieutanant-Colonel Richard Courtenay Throckmorton, eldest son of Sir Richard Throckmorton, standing in uniform (commanded 5th Bn. Wilts Regt), who would have been 10th Baronet but was killed in action in Mesopotamia. He married Lilian Brooke of Mere Hall, Chester in 1905. Coat of arms in top left hand corner.
Provenance
Bought by the National Trust in 2006
Credit line
Coughton Court, The Throckmorton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Saint-Hélier Lander (Jersey 1869 – 1944), artist