Evan Frederick Morgan, 2nd Viscount (2nd Creation) (1893-1949)
Henry L. Gates (1872 - 1943)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1935 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil paint, canvas and wood
Measurements
900 x 640 x 50 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Tredegar, Newport
NT 1553538
Summary
Painting. An oil painting on canvas, a three-quarter-length portrait of Evan Frederick Morgan, 2nd Viscount, facing right, wearing red and white Peer’s robes, (2nd Creation) (1893-1949) by Henry L. Gates (fl 1927 - 1941), signed and dated, bottom right in grey: Henry L. Gates/ 1935. Based on a photograph.
Provenance
Part of the collection on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museum and Galleries. 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.
Credit line
Tredegar House, The Morgan Collection (on loan to the National Trust from Newport Museums and Galleries)
Marks and inscriptions
Painted top left corner: Morgan coat of arms with crest. Painted top left corner: Morgan coat of arms with crest. Bottom right corner: Henry L Gates. 1935
Makers and roles
Henry L. Gates (1872 - 1943) , artist