The Reverend George Coleridge (1764 - 1828)
John Keenan (fl.1791 - 1815)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
980 x 850 x 120 mm
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Coleridge Cottage, Somerset
NT 253366
Caption
Portrait of the Reverend George Coleridge, favourite brother of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and subject of his poem 'To the Rev. George Coleridge'.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Reverend George Coleridge (23 March 1764 - 12 Jan 1828) by John Keenan, showing the church of Ottery St Mary in the background. A half-length portrait to left of George who was the brother to whom Samuel Taylor Coleridge was closest. He married, in 1796, Jane Hart.
Provenance
Purchased at the Chanter's House sale, Sotheby's, Devon, October 24th 2006, lot 11
Makers and roles
John Keenan (fl.1791 - 1815), artist