An Unknown Gentleman
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
920 x 850 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 436217
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Gentleman, British (English) School, 18th century. A half-length portrait of a gentleman in eighteenth-century dress, head and shoulders with long shoulder-length hair and wearing a brown jabot with lace ruff. This could be a copy of the portrait of Sir Pury Cust (1655-1698/9).
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, publisher