Sir John Stonehouse, 3rd Bt (1673-1733)
Edward Gouge (d. c.1735)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1720
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1219 x 991 mm (48 x 39 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499974
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir John Stonehouse, 3rd Bt (1673-1733) by Edward Gouge (fl.1690 - d.1735), 1700-20. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young man, standing, turned slightly to right, head facing slightly left, gazing at the spectator. In powdered shoulder-length wig, wearing a blue velvet collarless frock-coat with wide cuffs and pockets, gold-embroidered waistcoat, long white lace neckcloth and lace shirt cuffs, a sword on his left. His left arm is bent and the hand rests on his waist, his right holds a slender white wand of office of Comptroller to the Household of Queen Anne. Set in a dark architectural background with an arch/niche on the left.
Provenance
Bequest of Lady Sarita Enriqueta Vansittart (d.1985)
Marks and inscriptions
[]GOU[] (Remains of a label on the frame. Black lettering on a gilt label.)
Makers and roles
Edward Gouge (d. c.1735), artist