Godfrey Charles Morgan, 2nd Baron, 1st Viscount Tredegar (1st Creation) (1831 - 1913)
Frederick Sargent (1837-1899)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1869 - 1899
Materials
Pencil on paper
Measurements
380 x 296 x 40 mm
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1550511
Summary
Drawing. A pencil drawing on paper, profile portrait of Godfrey Charles Morgan, facing to the right, 2nd Baron, 1st Viscount Tredegar (1st Creation) (1831 - 1913) by Frederick Sargent (1837-1899). Within a card mount with three lines forming a border and a wooden, glazed frame.
Provenance
Part of the original collection of Tredegar House acquired by the Morgan family prior to 1951 to furnish the property. Acquired by Newport City Council from 1974-2012. On loan, with Tredegar House, from Newport City Council to the National Trust. In March 2012 the National Trust took over the management of Tredegar House with its contents and its 90 acres of gardens and parkland, from Newport City Council for a period of 50 years.
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse, left had corner: BOROUGH OF NEWPORT / NEWPORT MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY / ARTIST: JOHN SINGER SARGENT / TITLE: GODFREY MORGAN / 1831-1913 / MEDIUM: PENCIL / SIZE / DATE ABOUT THE TIME G. M. BECAME / LORD TREDEGAR – c.a. 1875 Reverse, top: J. A. TOOTH LTD / FINE ART DEALERS / 16 CORK STREET / LONDON W.
Makers and roles
Frederick Sargent (1837-1899)