Sir Richard Acton, 7th Bt (1801-1837)
Vincenzo Morani (1809 - Rome 1870)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1830 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
940 x 705 mm (37 x 27 3/4 in)
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 135608
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton, 7th Bt (1801-1837) by Vincenzo Morani (1809 - Rome 1870), signed and dated V. MORANI ROMA 1830. A half-length portrait, standing slightly to left, by a column, his hand resting on the fold of his gey and black cloak with which he is enveloped. He married Marie-Louise, daughter of Joseph, Duke of Dalberg and assumed the name of Dalberg before Acton. Father of the first Lord Acton.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust in 1993 through private treaty sale with NHMF aid
Credit line
Coughton Court, The Throckmorton Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Vincenzo Morani (1809 - Rome 1870), artist