Robert Wynter Blathwayt (1850-1936)
Francis Edward Crisp (1880 - 1915)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1911 (signed and dated)
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
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Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453792
Caption
Robert Wynter Blathwayt inherited Dyrham Park on the death of his father, the Reverend Wynter Thomas Blathwayt (1825–1909). He is shown here dressed in the uniform of the Beaufort Hunt. Robert and his wife, Margaret (1854–1927) had no children, so after his death in 1936, Dyrham Park passed to the children of his cousin, Henry Wynter Blathwayt, who was killed at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Robert Wynter Blathwayt (1850-1936), by Francis Edward Crisp (1880-1915), signed and dated Frank Crisp [19]'11. A three-quarter-length portrait of Robert Wynter Blathwayt, seated, facing the viewer, wearing a dark jacket and white breeches, the uniform of the Beaufort Hunt, and holding a riding crop in his left hand. The portrait is paired with Francis Crisp's portrait of the sitter's wife, Margaret Ermintrude Chandos-Pole-Gell, Mrs Blathwayt.
Provenance
Presumably commissioned by Robert Wynter Blathwayt (1850-1936); thence by descent; Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1956 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961
Credit line
Dyrham Park, The Blathwayt Collection (acquired by the Ministry of Works via the National Land Fund in 1956, and transferred to the National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Upper right: Frank Crisp '11 Lower left: Robert Wynter Blathwayt / of / Dyrham / 1911 Upper left: A label, on the back of the painting: F. C., 27 Woronzow Road, St. John's Wood
Makers and roles
Francis Edward Crisp (1880 - 1915), artist