Thomas Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst, later 2nd Earl of Coventry (c. 1672 - 1710)
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1691
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in )
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Antony, Cornwall
NT 352363
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), Thomas, Viscount Deerhurst, later 2nd Earl of Coventry (c. 1672 - 1710), manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), circa 1690. An oval half-length portrait, wearing a russet velvet coat. He was the son of Thomas Coventry, 1st Earl of Coventry and Winifred Edgcumbe. He married Lady Anne Somerset, daughter of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort and Mary Capell, on 4 May 1691 at Badminton, Gloucestershire. He held the offices of Custos Rotulorum of Worcestershire between 1699 and 1710 and Recorder of Coventry between 1706 and 1710. He died in August 1710 and was buried at Croome Dabitot, Worcestershire. He died intestate and his estate was administered on 5 December 1710.
Provenance
By inheritance and descent from Lady Anne Coventry, Lady Carew (1695/96 - 1733); on loan from the Trustees of Antony
Makers and roles
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist John Riley (London 1646 – London 1691), artist British (English) School, artist manner of Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist