The Rt Hon. Sir Vicary Gibbs (1751 - 1820) (after William Owen)
after William Owen, RA (Ludlow 1769 – London 1825)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1904 - circa 1920
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1020 mm
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 22841
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Rt Hon. Sir Vicary Gibbs (1751-1820) (after William Owen) by Nils Ivan Thord Lindhé (Sweden 1875 – 1954), 20th century. A three-quarter-length portrait seated, in legal robes and wearing a long white wig. A twentieth century copy by the Swedish artist Ivan Lindhé after the original 1814 portrait by William Owen, RA (Eton College Collections, FDA-P.175-2010).
Provenance
Painted for the sitter's nephew, William 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)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Gilt label on lower edge of frame reads: THE RIGHT HON. SIR VICARY GIBBS. / 2nd SON OF GEORGE ABRAHAM GIBBS. / RECORDER FOR BRISTOL ..... 1794 - 1817. / M.P. FOR TOTNES ..... 1804 - 1806. / SOLICITOR GENERAL ..... 1806. / M.P. FOR GREAT BEDWIN ..... 1807 / M.P.FOR CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ..... 1807 / ATTORNEY GENERAL ..... 1807. / LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, OF ENGLAND ..... 1814.'.
Makers and roles
after William Owen, RA (Ludlow 1769 – London 1825), publisher previously catalogued as by Nils Ivan Thord Lindhé (Sweden 1875 - 1954), publisher