Sir Lovell Benjamin Lovell in Hussar uniform
T. W. MacKay (fl.1826 - 1853)
Category
Ephemera
Date
1826 - 1853
Materials
Oil paint on canvas
Measurements
1400 x 1015 mm; 1750 mm (Height); 1450 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290276.2
Summary
The plaque attached to the bottom of the frame of the portrait of Sir Lovell Benjamin Lovell. Signed by T.W. Mackay, oil on canvas. Sir Lovell stands three quarters length in a landscape. He is grey-haired and wears blue full military uniform. A fur trimmed cape over his left shoulder and bear-skin hat with a red and white plume under his right arm. A battle is raging in the background. Sir Lovell Lovell (1786-1853) 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 (b). The main picture is in a gilt-wood and gesso frame. Scalloped and fluted edge. Moulded with shields and sprays of foliage. A small plaque at the centre bottom of the frame is inscribed, 'MAJOR GENERAL LOVELL K.H.'.
Marks and inscriptions
(signed)
Makers and roles
T. W. MacKay (fl.1826 - 1853), publisher