Sir George Crewe, 8th Bt (1795 – 1844) and his Son, later Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Bt (1824-1886)
Ramsay Richard Reinagle, RA (London 1775 – Chelsea 1862)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1828 - 1829 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1020 mm
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290438
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir George Crewe, 8th Bt. (1795 – 1844) and his Son, later Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Bt (1824-1886) by Ramsay Richard Reinagle (London 1775 – Chelsea 1862), 1828. Two three-quarter-length portraits, Sir George seated on the left wears a dark suit, the boy stands beside him on the right wearing a blue suit. This portrait was painted in 1828 and exhibited at the Royal Academy the following year. Isabel Harpur Crewe did not like this picture of her father Sir George, 'it quite fails to do him justice, or give a true idea of his character and expression.'
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
Ramsay Richard Reinagle, RA (London 1775 – Chelsea 1862), artist