William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick of Attingham, MP (1772-1842)
attributed to George Sanders (Kinghorn, Fife 1774 - London 1846)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2540 x 1460 mm (100 x 57 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608949
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick of Attingham, MP (1772-1842), attributed to George Sanders (1774-1846). A full-length portrait of William Hill, as a young man, standing leaning with his right arm on the base of a column. He is wearing 17th century costume, black coat, with white collar and cuffs, his left hand on his hip under his cloak. He was the son of Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick of Attingham and Anna Vernon. He held the office of Envoy to Naples between 1824 and 1830. He leased the Palazzo Belvedere, which had been furnished by Caroline Murat, the former Queen of Naples, in the latest French fashion. The furniture and Parisian ceramics and ormolu that Lord Berwick acquired with the Palazzo Belvedere now form a significant part of the furnishing and character of Attingham, along with the pictures which he had collected throughout his time in Italy. On 19 March 1824 his name was legally changed to William Noel-Hill by Royal Licence. He died unmarried and without legitimate issue.
Provenance
3rd Lord Berwick collection: William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick (1773-1842); 1847 Catalogue of Paintings p.6; 1861 Inventory p.211; 'Heirloom' 1947 Probate Valuation no.93. By descent bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to George Sanders (Kinghorn, Fife 1774 - London 1846), artist British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA (Bristol 1769 – London 1830), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Angelica Kauffman RA (Chur 1741 – Rome 1807), artist
References
National Trust (Great Britain), Attingham Park., 1999, National Trust, Catalogue of Pictures at Attingham Park, [1999], p.7 Garlick 1989 Kenneth Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence. A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford, 1989