John Pennant (d. 1781)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1750
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1232 x 991 mm (48 1/2 x 39 in)
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1420349
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, John Pennant (d. 1781), British (English) School, circa 1750. A three-quarter-length portrait, to left. He holds a gilt rapier and his right hand is tucked into his waistcoat. See 1420348; same sitter as NT 1421765.
Provenance
By inheritance; accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust in 2017
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), artist
References
Steegman 1957 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol.I: North Wales, Cardiff, 1957, no. 2