Frame
Jonathan Ritson (1776-1846)
Category
Frames
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
oak and limewood
Measurements
540 x 460 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486790
Summary
An English nineteenth century carved frame by J. Ritson for a half-length portrait (NT/PET/FR/147*) of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) by George Clint (1770-1854).
Provenance
Commissioned by the 3rd Earl of Egremont for the Carved Room, 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.
Makers and roles
Jonathan Ritson (1776-1846), woodcarver