General the Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, GCB (1772-1842)
Domenico Pellegrini (Bassano 1759 – Rome 1840)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1809 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 990 mm
Order this imageCollection
Florence Court, County Fermanagh
NT 631118
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, General the Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, GCB (1772-1842) by Domenico Pellegrini (Bassano 1759 – Rome 1840), signed bottom left: Dno Pellegrini /[.....] 1st 1809. A half-length portrait, seated to right, right arm resting on a table. Wearing a red uniform jacket and holding an open book on his knee. Also see FLO.PH.752.
Provenance
Evidently Lady Florence Cole/Balfour, and by descent to: Prof Mitchell; bought from him in 1981 by the Belfast Centre of the National Trust, from the proceeds of a lecture series called 'Behind the Facade' given by members of staff of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, and presented to Florence Court
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Pelligrini/1809 (signed and dated) Verso: Eliza Lowry this is hers and [CHECK] Sir Lowry Cole GCB when young B1772 D 1842 brother to Lady Balfour
Makers and roles
Domenico Pellegrini (Bassano 1759 – Rome 1840) , artist