King Charles I (1600-1649)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1640
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1080 x 860 mm
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Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421750
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, King Charles I (1600-1649), British (English) School, 1640. Formerly called 'after Dobson' (William Dobson (London 1611 – London 1646). Companion to P/55.
Provenance
Date of acquisition unknown; thence by descent to Hugh, 4th Baron Penrhyn (1894 – 1949), who left Penryhn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (d. 1997), who with her husband John Charles Harper, thereupon assumed the name of Douglas Pennant, and in 1951 made over the castle and part of its contents in lieu of death-duties to HM Treasury (from the estate of Hugh Napier Douglas Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), which transferred them to the National Trust
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as after William Dobson (bap. London 1611 - London 1646), artist