James Thornton, Gardener at Kew (after Johann Zoffany RA)
Richard Houston (Dublin 1721/22 – London 1775)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Paper, wood and glass
Measurements
420 x 300 x 15 mm
Order this imageCollection
Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509640
Summary
Print, mezzotint, James Thornton, Gardener at Kew (after Johann Zoffany RA) by Richard Houston (Dublin 1721/22 – London 1775). Half-length portrait of James Thornton by Zoffany, seated and turned to the right. Wearing a jacket over embroidered waistcoat and white necktie. A painted oval. Glazed in plain narrow black ebonised frame. Inscribed - I Zoffany pinxt..R.Houston fecit..London printed for Robt. Sayer no.53 Fleet Street......1t July 1770 (printed along base), Thos.Stanley-Johnston, Junr (printed label on reverse). 1800 - 1900.
Provenance
Engraved by Richard Houston, after Johann Zoffany, circa 19th Century. Owned by Mary Clementina Benthall (1879-1960) and recorded in the 1957 list of pictures, furniture etc suggested for retention at Benthall Hall by the National Trust. Transferred to the ownership of the National Trust with the contents of Benthall Hall in the Deed Of Gift made by Mary Clementina Benthall and dated 8th August 1958. Recorded in the Inventory Of National Trust Property At Benthall Hall dated 1st October 1963.
Marks and inscriptions
Thos.Stanley-Johnston, Junr (printed label on reverse)
Makers and roles
Richard Houston (Dublin 1721/22 – London 1775), engraver (printmaker) Johann Zoffany, RA (Frankfurt am Main 1733 - Kew 1810), artist