Matthew Fetherstonhaugh the Elder (c.1659/60-1762)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1710 - 1730
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
730 x 603 mm (28 3/4 x 23 3/4 in)
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Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 138259
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Matthew Fetherstonhaugh the Elder (c.1659/60 to 1762), British (English) School, circa 1710. An oval half-length portrait, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a long powdered wig, blue coat with gold frogging, and white stock. He lived at Fetherstonhaugh Castle in Northumberland, was twice Mayor of Newcastle, and reputedly lived to be over 100. He was husband of Sarah Browne, an heiress, and father of Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Bt, of Uppark.
Provenance
Evidently by descent, until accepted in lieu of tax on the death of Admiral the Hon. Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (1875-1964) in 1965 and transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury, September 1990
Credit line
Uppark, The Fetherstonhaugh Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, Northumberland painted in the North about 1712 (inscribed on label on reverse)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist possibly Simon Pietersz Verelst (The Hague 1644 - London 1721), artist