David Deans (from Sir Walter Scott's 'Heart of Midlothian', 1818)
John Prescott Knight (Stafford 1803 - London 1881)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1832 (?) (signed and dated) - 1834 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
975 x 860 mm
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22534
Summary
Oil painting on panel, David Deans by John Prescott Knight, RA (Stafford 1803 – London 1881), signed and dated, lower right: J.P.Knight / 18 ?5? A seated portrait of David Deans, from Sir Walter Scott's Heart of Midlothian, 1818, in black coat and breeches, by the fireside with his dog.
Provenance
Acquired by Antony Gibbs; Purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
John Prescott Knight (Stafford 1803 - London 1881), publisher