Captain Jacob Elton RN (1712-1745)
John Wollaston the Younger (fl.1736 - 1775)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1741
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1029 mm (50 x 40 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624152
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Captain Jacob Elton, RN (1712-1745) by John Wollaston (fl.1736-1775), circa 1741. Lengthy inscription top right... A portrait of the second son of Sir Abraham Elton 2nd Bt MP (1679-1742) and Abigail Bayly as a young man, three-quarter length, turned slightly to the left, head turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator. He wears a short powdered wig, tied at the back with a black ribbon, he holds his dark blue gold trimmed tricorne hat under the crook of his left arm the fingers of his left hand fingering the gold braid on his waistcoat. His right arm is by his side and he is wearing a cream leather gauntlet on his right hand and holding its pair. He is dressed in a blue naval coat with gilt buttons, over a long white silk waistcoat with gold braiding on the edges and pockets, the hilt of his sword emerging from beneath the left of his waistcoat. He stands by the sea shore beneath a large tree on the right with foliage framing a distant view of the sea on the left with a ship in full sail beneath a cloudy sky. He married Caroline Yate.
Provenance
Purchased from Lady Margaret Ann Elton (1915 – 1995), 1981 with the help of grants from the V&A Purchase Fund and the NHMF
Makers and roles
John Wollaston the Younger (fl.1736 - 1775), artist
References
Clevedon Court [The National Trust] revised 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, p.26: "From the wall of the Great Hall, facing the gallery, Abraham Elton I [624132] looks down....Beside him, to the right, is his grandson, Captain Jacob Elton R.N. who died at sea, fighting the French, on the 19 March, 1745."