Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn of Penrhyn, Co. Louth (?1737-1808) and his Dog, 'Crab'
Henry Thomson RA (London 1773 – Portsea 1843)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1805
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2365 x 1430 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421754
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn of Penrhyn, Co. Louth (?1737-1808) and his Dog, 'Crab' by Henry Thomson (1773-1843). A portrait, facing left to right, with hat and gloves; points with right hand to plan on table. The background is a conflation of the Nant Ffrancon and the Royal Hotel, Capel Curig. The plan shows Lord P's route for the Holyhead-Shrewsbury road, via Capel Curig.
Provenance
By inheritance to Hugh Napier Douglas Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), who left Penryhn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (1923 - 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, 4th Baron Penrhyn (1894 – 1949), which transferred them to the National Trust for display at Penrhyn Castle, 1961.
Makers and roles
Henry Thomson RA (London 1773 – Portsea 1843), artist