Sir Lovel Benjamin Lovell (Badcock) (1786 –1861) in Hussar Uniform
T. W. MacKay (fl.1826 - 1853)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1826 - 1853
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1400 x 1015 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290276.1
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Lovel Benjamin Lovell (Badcock) (1786 –1861) in Hussar Uniform by T. W. MacKay (fl.1826 – 1853), signed by T.W. Mackay. A three-quarter length portrait of a mature man, turned slightly to left gazing at the spectator, wearing Hussar uniform, a battle raging in the background. He is grey-haired, slightly balding, wearing a blue full military uniform, a fur-trimmed cape over his left shoulder and bearskin hat with red and white plume under his right arm. His left hand holds his sheathed sword. A battle is raging in the background. Sir Lovell Lovell was the uncle of Georgiana, Lady Crewe and like her father, Admiral Lovell, he was a hero of the Napoleonic Wars. An inscription plaque hangs underneath the frame is inscribed, 'MAJOR GENERAL LOVELL K.H.'.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Marks and inscriptions
(signed)
Makers and roles
T. W. MacKay (fl.1826 - 1853), artist