The Rt Hon. John Staples MP (1736-1820)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1770
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
737 x 610 mm (29 x 24 in)
Order this imageCollection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 216403
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Rt Hon. John Staples MP (1736-1820), British (English) School, circa 1770. A painted oval half-length portrait of the same young man paintedf by Batoni, before his Continental tour of 1772-74., against a drak background, facing, head inclined slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a dark green coat and white linen stock, short grey powdered wig with a single curl over the ear.
Provenance
Purchased by National Trust in 1957 from William Lowry Lenox-Conyngham (1903–1957), shortly before his death, along with the other contents of Springhill
Credit line
Springhill, The Lenox-Conyngham Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist