Sir William Blackett, 1st Bt (c.1667 - d.1705)
attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1705
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584401
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir William Blackett, 1st Bt (c.1667-d.1705), attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), inscribed: in 18th C with name of sitter, bottom right: 1st: Sr: Wm: Blackett/of Wallington/b./Bart: 1684/d.1705. A three-quarter-length portrait of a youngish man, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a blue coat and brown cloak, his left arm resting on a plinth.
Provenance
Given with the property to the National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt (1870-1958)
Credit line
Wallington, The Trevelyan Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Back of frame (top center): English but illegible W.Cloaks possibly Bottom right front of canvas: later inscription with name of sitter Back of frame top right: Letter X
Makers and roles
attributed to Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), artist