Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford KG, FSA (1732-1792)
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1763
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 620 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486206
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford KG, FSA (1732-1792) by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), 1763. A painted oval half-length portrait, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, with powdered hair and wearing a deep red coat with silver frogging.
Provenance
In the collection of the 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) by 1835. Thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.
Credit line
Petworth House, The Egremont Collection (acquired in lieu of tax by HM Treasury in 1956 and subsequently transferred to the National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist