Sir William Abraham Chatterton (1794-1855)
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1850 - 1855
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1016 x 838 mm (40 x 33 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343205
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir William Abraham Chatterton, 2nd Baronet Chatterton (1794-1855) by Rebecca Dulcibella Ferrers Orpen, later Mrs Edward Dering (1830 – 1923), inscribed. A half-length portrait of Sir William who sits facing right looking out at the spectator. He has short, dark curly hair and a half beard with moustache. He wears a red cloak or academic hood around his shoulders and a black jacket underneath. He holds a book to his chest with his left hand and rests his right arm across his knee. There is an open window to his left and a coat of arms is painted at top left. Sir William Abraham Chatterton, 2nd Baronet Chatterton was born on 5 August 1794. He was the son of Sir James Chatterton, 1st Bt (d.1806), and Rebecca Lane (d.1838). He married as her first husband, Henrietta Georgiana Marcia Iremonger (1806-1876), daughter of Reverend Lascelles Iremonger, on 3 August 1824. She later married Edward Heneage Dering (1826-1892). He died in 1855, without issue.
Provenance
Acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1980
Credit line
Baddesley Clinton, The Ferrers Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1980)
Makers and roles
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923), artist