William Henry Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1832-1917)
F. Lane
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1885 (dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1016 x 762 mm (40 x 30 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Cotehele, Cornwall
NT 348082
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Henry, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1832 - 1917) by F. Lane, signed (?) and dated 1885. A half-length portrait, slightly to the right, facing, with crossed arms. He is wearing a black coat, with a white collar and a blue stock with a jewelled pin.
Provenance
Left at the property when Cotehele was accepted in lieu of tax from Kenelm, 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1873–1965) and transferred to the National Trust in 1947; and amongst the contents accepted in lieu of estate duty by HM Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 1974
Credit line
Cotehele, The Edgcumbe Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Frame label: THE RT. HON: WILLIAM HENRY. / FOURTH EARL OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE Verso: On the back: The Prince of Wales’s Hopsital, Greenbank Road, Plymouth
Makers and roles
F. Lane, artist