George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837)
William Behnes (London 1795 - London 1864)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1826
Materials
White marble
Measurements
645 x 345 x 295 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486416
Summary
White marble, George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) by William Behnes (London 1795 - London 1864). A marble portrait bare chested bust, sculpted by William Behnes in 1826.
Provenance
?Collected by 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
W. BEHNES, / SCULPTOR, LONDON, 1826 (engraved on side)
Makers and roles
William Behnes (London 1795 - London 1864), sculptor