Neptune rising from the Sea in his Chariot, holding aloft the Royal Coat-of-arms, with Attendants holding Portraits of George III (1738-1820) and Queen Charlotte (1744-1818)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Oil on panel (oval)
Measurements
533 x 444 mm (21 x 17 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515829
Summary
Oil painting on panel (oval), Neptune rising from the Sea in his Chariot, holding aloft the Royal Coat-of-arms, with Attendants holding Portraits of George III (1738-1820) and Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), British School, circa 1800. Neptune, with white hair and beard, seated in his Chariot drawn by sea-horses (hippocamus), riding on the sea to the right, he wears a loincloth and a red cloak which is billowing out behind him, his trident is held by a small putto standing in front of him on the chariot, Neptune holds aloft in his left hand a disk with the royal coat-of-arms (pre - 1802), he is attended by two water nymphs one on each side of his chariot, the one nearest is holding a portrait head of George III and the nymph on the far side of the chariot is holding up a portrait head of Queen Charlotte. Above the group is a winged cupid flying among the clouds in a blue sky.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist