James 'The Young Commodore' Watson (1767-1850) on a Hunter, with Hounds
Charles Hancock (Marlborough 1802 - 1877)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1822 - 1850
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1435 x 2375 mm (56 1/2 x 93 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 216387
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, James 'The Young Commodore' Watson (1767-1850) on a Hunter, with Hounds by Charles Hancock (Marlborough 1802 - 1877). A full-length portrait, mounted on a bay hunter, facing left, wearing a pink coat; beside him five hounds; in the distance what appear to be the Antrim hills beyond Lisburne.
Provenance
According to Mina Lenox-Conyngham (see letter from Patricia Boulton, 9 November 2000) the portrait by Romney of the sitter's brother-in-law, General Nilson, was given to the Lenox-Conynghams by a Mr Wakefield, who married a daughter of the Rev. --- Hewitt, Rector of Moneymore or Derryloran (?); this portrait presumably came with it. The Manor House, Moneymore was where Sir William Lenox-Conyngham (1824-1906) lived when Agent to the Drapers Company. The Wakefields had ties with the Watsons: Commodore Watson's daughter by his marriage to Frances Popham, Maria Anne (b.1772), married E---- Wakefield, who was born at Springfield; they had a son, John Watson Wakefield, who was perhaps the donor of this picture.
Makers and roles
Charles Hancock (Marlborough 1802 - 1877), artist