Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley (1680-1736)
after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1260 x 1020 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290437
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Admiral James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley (1680-1736), after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). Three-quarter length portrait of a man, standing, wearing a red uniform, a shipping scene beyond (inventory card). Lord Berkeley held a series of commands in the War of the Spanish Succession and the short war with Spain in 1719.
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
after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist