William Maister (1701 - 1776)
Georg Engelhardt Schröder (Stockholm 1684 - 1750)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1725 - 1750
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 1003 mm (49 x 39 1/2 in)
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Maister House, East Yorkshire
NT 221808
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Maister (1701 - 1776) by Georg Engelhardt Schröder (Stockholm 1684 - 1750), signed 'G. Schroder, Pinx'. A half-length portrait of the second son of William Maister (1662-1716) MP for Hull. This work has been identified as showing William Maister II, younger brother of Henry Maister (1699-1744) (builder of the present Maister House in Hull) due to the Swedish artist. William acted as a Maister family representative abroad and was particularly involved in the Swedish iron trade. He owned foundries in Sweden and Finland and branched out into soap and other manufactory businesses in Stockholm where he owned property and lived. Towards the end of his life he appears to have lost much of his fortune and died relatively poor, apparently owing money to many of his relatives.
Provenance
Purchased by the donor's father, Colonel Rupert Alec-Smith (1913 - 1983) at the Old Rectory at Winestead . (Alec-Smith Inventory 1957, p. 25, Appendix A No. 3) and thence by descent to his daughter Alexandra Alec- Smith who donated them in 2013 to the National Trust for Maister House (given by the Georgian Society for East Yorkshire, Colonel Rupert Alec-Smith and Barkers & Lee Smith Ltd in 1966)
Credit line
Maister House, The Alec-Smith Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Georg Engelhardt Schröder (Stockholm 1684 - 1750) , artist