Sir Walter K. Jenner, 2nd Bt (1860-1948)
H. Jones (fl. 1940)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1940 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
508 x 406 mm (20 x 16 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset
NT 254686
Summary
Oil painting on canvas. Sir Walter K. Jenner, 2nd Bt (1860 - 1948), by H. Jones, signed and dated H Jones 1940, top right and inscribed W.K.J. on upper left. A head-and-shoulders portrait of Sir Walter Jenner, son of the Queen's physician, who acquired Lytes Cary Manor in 1907and left it to the National Trust. He is seen, looking to the left wearing a brown coat, white stock and pale blue waistcoat and a monocle on his right eye.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust, along with the house, furniture and other contents collected by Sir Walter Jenner, 2nd Bt (1860 - 1948), in 1949
Credit line
Lytes Cary Manor, The Jenner Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
W.K.J. (inscribed)
Makers and roles
H. Jones (fl. 1940), artist