Francis Godolphin IV, 2nd Earl of Godolphin (1678 - 1766)
circle of Joseph Highmore (London 1692 – Canterbury 1780)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1730
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
850 x 740 mm
Order this imageCollection
Godolphin, Cornwall
NT 169412
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Francis Godolphin IV, 2nd Earl of Godolphin (1678 - 1766), circle of Joseph Highmore (London 1692 – Canterbury 1780), circa 1730; formerly in the Dining Room. He married Henrietta Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Mrs Mary Schofield (1917 - 2008); bought by the National Trust in 2007
Credit line
Godolphin, The Schofield Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On frame: 131
Makers and roles
circle of Joseph Highmore (London 1692 – Canterbury 1780), artist
References
Ingamells, 2009: John Ingamells, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009, pp.104-5