Sir Robert Shirley, 7th Bt Shirley of Staunton Harold, 6th Baron Ferres of Chantilly and 1st Earl Ferrers PC (1650-1717)
John Michael Wright (bap. London 1617 - London 1694)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1671
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1219 x 977 mm (48 x 38 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 653202
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Robert Shirley, 7th Baronet Shirley of Staunton Harold, 1st Earl Ferrers PC (1650-1717) by John Michael Wright (London 1617 - London 1694), inscribed bottom right: Earl Ferrers, circa 1671. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young man, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, his left hand touching the pommel of his sword, his right hand on his hip, in a long brown wig, dressed in a dark-coloured coat/cuiraa embroidered with gold with white sleeves with blue ribbons at elbow and wrist, gold-fringed swordbelt, lace cravat, long flowing wig, with richly gold-embroidered waistcoat tied with a blue and gold sash. Created Viscount Tamworth and Earl Ferrers 1711, steward to the Royal household 1685 - 1705. Son of Sir Robert Shirley 4th Bt 1629 - 1656, married firstly Elizabeth Washington in 1671 with whom he had 17 children and secondly, in 1699, Selina Finch with whom he had 10 children.
Provenance
Transferred by HM Treasury on 30th October 1984
Credit line
Sudbury Hall, The Vernon Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1967)
Marks and inscriptions
Earl Ferrers
Makers and roles
John Michael Wright (bap. London 1617 - London 1694), artist