General Sir Henry Wyndham (1790-1860)
John Edward Carew (c.1785 - 1868)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1830 - 1832
Materials
Marble
Measurements
760 x 565 x 320 mm; 660 mm (Circ)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486413
Summary
Marble, General Sir Henry Wyndham (1790-1860) by John Edward Carew (Wexford 1785 – London 1868). A marble portrait bust, head turned to the right, the bust draped.
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
109 (painted on front of base)
Makers and roles
John Edward Carew (c.1785 - 1868), sculptor