David Colyear, Viscount Milsington (1736 - 1756)
Nathaniel Hone the elder, RA (Dublin 1718 – London 1784)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1755
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
740 x 590 mm
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1422017
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), David Colyear, Viscount Milsington (1736 - 1756) by Nathaniel Hone the elder, RA (Dublin 1718 – London 1784), 1755
Provenance
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
Makers and roles
Nathaniel Hone the elder, RA (Dublin 1718 – London 1784), artist