Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 1st Lord Penrhyn of Llandegai (1800 - 1886)
Eden Upton Eddis (1812 - Shalford 1901)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2616 x 1448 mm (103 x 57 in)
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Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421758
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 1st Lord Penrhyn of Llandegai (1800 - 1886) by Eden Upton Eddis (1812 – Shalford 1901), 1841-2. A full-length portrait of the 1st Lord Penrhyn of Llandegai, at the front door of what resembles Penrhyn Castle, standing on the steps, but, curiously, with the coastal landscape background, imaginatively rendered, is painted in reverse, presuambly for compositional reasons. His right foot is placed on the lowest step and he is wearing a black frock coat and dark red waistcoat whilst holding his top hat in his right hand and stick in his left hand It was painted at Harewood House, Yorkshire, the family home of Lord Penrhyn's mother, Lady Frances Douglas. Edward Gordon Douglas, son of the Hon. John Douglas and grandson of the 14th Earl of Morton, married first, in 1833, Juliana Dawkins-Pennant, daughter of George Hay Dawkins-Pennant and heiress of Penrhyn. He married second, in 1846, Lady Maria Louisa Fitzroy. He took the name of Pennant by the will of his first wife's father, and was created Lord Penrhyn of Llandegai in 1866.This portrait was painted during the winter of 1841-2, when the painter and sitter were staying at Harewood. The portrait is described in the 1902 catalogue as `Considered a good likeness, but the expression does not indicate sufficient strength of character'.
Provenance
Painted at Harewood, the family home of Lord Penrhyn's mother, Lady Frances Douglas; thence by descent 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.
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Eden Upton Eddis (1812 - Shalford 1901), artist