View of the South Aspect of Belton House, Lincolnshire, with the House Porter
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1710 - 1720
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2370 x 3130 mm
Place of origin
Belton House
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436145
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, View of the South Aspect of Belton House, Lincolnshire, with the House Porter, British (English) School, circa 1710-20. The south aspect of Belton House with a coach and hunt in the fore ground. An outsize figure of the porter of Belton House holding the porters staff in his right hand stands adjacent to the house gate. This is thought to be Henry Jewel.
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1984)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist
References
Harris 1979 John Harris, The Artist and the Country House. A History of Country House and Garden View Painting in Britain 1540-1870, London 1979, no. 416