Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Bt (1797-1879)
William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 - Penkill Castle 1890)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1853 (initialled and dated)
Materials
oil paint on canvas, gilt wood frame
Measurements
582 x 427 x 18 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584426
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Bt (1797-1879) by William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 – Penkill Castle, Strathclyde 1890), inscribed, on border of table cloth bottom left: SHOWC[?] [1]859 W85.8 and initialled and dated 1853. A half-length portrait of a man, seated and turned slightly to the right, holding an open book, depicted in the saloon at Wallington.
Provenance
Penkill Castle; originaly on loan from Sheila Pettit, and then given by her in 1981
Marks and inscriptions
On wooden frame at the back .: Wrote on the wooden frame reads - Sir W.G.Trevelyan Bar 1859 signed William B.Scott. On the back of gilt frame.: Only partly legible framing label reads - Kings Road ,London Hung from Hanging wire.: A Gallery label, reads - THE STONE GALLERY , Sir W.G.Trevelyan, Bart, Oil on Canvas.18 3/4 X 123/4 inches, inscribed, initialled and dated 1859 William Bell Scott Provenance; Penkill Castle. Newcastle Upon Tyne 0632-610024 St, James, London 01-839-3061
Makers and roles
William Bell Scott (Edinburgh 1811 - Penkill Castle 1890), artist