Sir Nathan Mayer de Rothschild, 2nd Bt, Baron Rothschild (Austria) and 1st Baron Rothschild (UK), PC, GCVO (1840-1915)
Louise Jane Jopling (Manchester 1843 - 1933)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1878 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1194 x 991 mm (47 x 39 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429036
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Nathan Mayer de Rothschild, 2nd Bt, Baron Rothschild (Austria) and 1st Baron Rothschild (UK), PC, GCVO (1840-1915) by Louise Jopling (Manchester 1843 - 1933), signed in bottom left corner: Louise Jopling 1878. A half-length portrait, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a black and silver uniform of the Bucks Yeomenary, full face, left hand on hip, with a silver chain pinned in two places on the sash. Horizontal lines through the paint layer below the subject's chin. In Twenty Years of My Life 1867-1887 by Louise Jopling the artist states that, ‘I spent a great deal of the summer of 1877 at my little cottage, as I had many commissions for portraits of people living near, amongst the number that of Sir Nathaniel de Rothschild (later Lord de Rothschild) and his little daughter, Evelina. I found Sir Nathaniel a delightful man to talk to, but very difficult to paint, as he was anything but a good sitter. The first sitting he gave me at Tring Park, his two children, Walter and Evelina, were in the room, and Sir Nathaniel, being a devoted father, allowed his attention to be entirely taken up with them. Finding it severely handicapped me, I carried my paint to Lady de Rothschild, who saw that I was in future uninterrupted. Sir Nathaniel did not wish his portrait exhibited. It went, when finished, to the home of Disraeli, to whom it was given. Lady de Rothschild, with her characteristic kindness, told me afterwards that Mr. Disraeli had written to say how much he admired it.’
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Hughenden Manor by the Disraelian Society in 1947
Credit line
Hughenden Manor, The Disraeli Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
'Louise Jopling 1878'
Makers and roles
Louise Jane Jopling (Manchester 1843 - 1933), artist