John Willoughby Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen, later 1st Baron Grinstead (1768-1840)
Thomas Robinson (Windermere before 1770 – Dublin 1810)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1792
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
748 x 622 mm (29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Florence Court, County Fermanagh
NT 631045
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, John Willoughby (Cole), 2nd Earl of Enniskillen (1768-1840) by Thomas Robinson (Windermere before 1770 – Dublin 1810). A half-length portrait, as a young man, in profile to right, his head facing, wearing a pale blue cloak into which his hand is inserted.
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: 2nd Earl of Enniskillen painted in Rome while on Grand Tour. Given to his sister Lady Sarah Wynn, repurchased from Miss Percival the last representative alive of the Wynns of Hazelwood 1933.
Makers and roles
Thomas Robinson (Windermere before 1770 – Dublin 1810), artist