George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837)
John Edward Carew (c.1785 - 1868)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1831 - 1834
Materials
Marble
Measurements
765 x 590 x 330 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486411
Summary
Marble, George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) by John Edward Carew (Wexford 1785 – London 1868), 1831/34. A marble portrait bust head turned slightly to the right and with a cloak thrown about his shoulders.
Provenance
Commissioned by the 3rd Earl of Egremont, 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.
Marks and inscriptions
107 (painted on front of base)
Makers and roles
John Edward Carew (c.1785 - 1868), sculptor
References
Kenworthy-Browne 1973 John A. Kenworthy-Browne, “Lord Egremont and his sculptors. The collection at Petworth House, Sussex.” Country Life 7th June 1973, pp.1640-1643, fig. 18, p. 373 Remastered - Bosch to Bellotto: An Exhibition of Petworth's European Old Masters (exh cat) (Andrew Loukes) Petworth House, West Sussex, 9 January - 6 March 2016, cat. 34