Thomas Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe (1623-1697)
attributed to Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1707 - 1723
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1035 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290434
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe (1623-1697), attributed to Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669 – London 1723). A three-quarter length portrait of a portly gentleman shown side view with his arm akimbo, his face turned towards us. He is dressed in robes of red and white cloth and holds a coronet in his right hand. He wears a long brown wig. A narrow piece of red and grey sky is shown in an opening in the dark background. Lord crewe (1623-1697) was very wealthy, but since he had no sons, his four daughters were considerable heiresses; Catherine Harpur (CAL/P/309, CAL/P/315 and CAL/P/322); Airmine, Mrs Cartwright; Jemima, Duchess of Kent (CAL/P/319); Elizabeth, Countess of Arran (CAL/P/321). An entry in the Calke account books refers to a payment to 'Mr Dygar' for Lord Crewe's picture in May 1707; as Catherine was a younger daughter, she may not have inherited the original portrait and thus had to have a replica made.
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)
Makers and roles
attributed to Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669 - London 1723), artist previously catalogued as attributed to British (English) School, artist