Sir Samuel Pennant (1709 -1750), as Lord Mayor of London
attributed to Isaac Seeman (fl.1739 – London 1751)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1749 - 1750
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2160 x 1420 mm (85 x 56 in)
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421766
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Samuel Pennant (1709 -1750), as Lord Mayor of London attributed to Isaac Seeman (fl.1739 – London 1751), circa 1749-1750. Sir Samuel became Lord Mayor of London in 1749 and died in office. His Lord Mayor's robes and chain date this portrait and its pendant (P/133, Grand Hall).
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.
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Isaac Seeman (fl.1739 – London 1751), artist