Lt-Colonel Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Bt, MP (1760-1846)
Henry Perronet Briggs, RA (Walworth 1791/3 - London 1844)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1835
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in) (E)
Collection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1552039
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lt-Colonel Sir Charles Morgan, 2nd Bt, MP (1760-1846) by Henry Perronet Briggs RA (Walworth 1791/3 – London 1844), signed bottom left: Briggs pxt R.A. A three-quarter- length portrait of Charles, seated in an armchair and holding his spectacles in his left hand
Provenance
On loan from Cardiff City Council. 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.
Makers and roles
Henry Perronet Briggs, RA (Walworth 1791/3 - London 1844), artist