Lord Chancellor John Somers, Baron Somers of Evesham (1651–1716) (after Sir Godfrey Kneller)
Ranelagh Barrett (d.1768)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1740 - 1750
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1263 x 1009 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 207888
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lord Chancellor John Somers, Baron Somers of Evesham (1651–1716) (after Sir Godfrey Kneller), by Ranelagh Barrett (fl.1737 – London 1768). William III's most trusted minister, he became Lord Chancellor in 1697. The 2nd Earl of Oxford bought part of his famous library which passed to the 1st Earl Hardwicke, husband of Somers' niece. Fragments of the collection survive at Wimpole.
Provenance
Loaned to the National Trust in 1989 by Lady Amabel Lindsay and purchased from the 10th Earl of Hardwicke in 2008.
Makers and roles
Ranelagh Barrett (d.1768) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), publisher
References
Ingamells, 2009: John Ingamells, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009, p.256