William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1887)
John Lucas (London 1807 – St John’s Wood 1874)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1873
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1429 x 1124 mm (56 1/4 x 44 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Florence Court, County Fermanagh
NT 631040
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1887) by John Lucas (London 1807 – St John’s Wood 1874), 1873. A three-quarter-length portrait of the 3rd Earl of Enniskillen, seated beside a desk, in [?a room at Florence Court], holding piece of paper with ribbon, and wearing tie, of [?the Royal Inniskillen Fusiliers].
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Nancy, Dowager Countess of Enniskillen (1917 – 1998) before her death, August 1997
Credit line
Florence Court, The Enniskillen Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Labels, upper right, William Willoughby 3rd Earl of Enniskillen b 1807 died 1886 bc, William Willoughby 3rd Earl of Enniskillen b 1807. Picture by John Lucas Eq. painted 1873
Makers and roles
John Lucas (London 1807 – St John’s Wood 1874), artist