George William Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry (1838-1930)
Percy Bigland (c.1857 - 1926)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1913 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm
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Croome Park, Worcestershire
NT 170917
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, George William Coventry, 9th Earl of Coventry (1838-1930) by Percy Bigland (1857-1926), signed and dated lower left ‘Percy Bigland/1913’. Full-length portrait seated in morning dress, with a pink carnation. (See also partner painting 171401)
Full description
Tribute to Lord Coventry 21 Years Lord Lieutenant On Saturday 1913, Worcestershire paid tribute to the Earl of Coventry to mark his completion of 21 years’ service as Lord Lieutenant. A gathering of County Magistrates County Councillors and others had decided to have a memorial portrait of Lord Coventry to hang among those of other county worthies in the Shirehall, and a second portrait as a gift to the Countess of Coventry. Accordingly, two portraits have been painted by Mr Percy Bigland, of 29 Tile Street Chelsea. The memorial portrait which is to remain in the Shirehall, appropriately represents Lord Coventry in the uniform of a Lord Lieutenant, and his robes as a peer over them. These robes are said to have descended from generation to generation in the family since the time of Charles II. The second portrait, which is for presentation to the Countess of Coventry, shows his Lordship (by his special desire) in an ordinary frock coat. Dudley Chronicle, Saturday December 6 1913
Provenance
On loan to The National Trust by The Croome Heritage Trust in December 2007.
Marks and inscriptions
Lower left: Signed and dated: 'Percy Bigland/1913'
Makers and roles
Percy Bigland (c.1857 - 1926), artist