Thomas Lee of Barnstaple, Devon (1756 - 1836)
Henry Perronet Briggs, RA (Walworth 1791/3 - London 1844)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1828 - 1829 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 991 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ormesby Hall, Redcar and Cleveland
NT 709306
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Lee of Barnstaple, Devon (1756-1836) by Henry Perronet Briggs (Walworth 1791/3 – London 1844), 1829. A three-quarter-length portrait, facing left, wearing hunting pink, drawing on his left glove, a riding crop in his right hand, extensive landscape in the distance. Thomas Lee was Master of foxhounds. Mr and Mrs Lee were Ruth Pennyman’s paternal great grandparents (related to Knights). Exhibited in sixty-first Royal Academy Exhibition in 1829. '217 Portrait of a member of the Old North Devon Hunt. H. P. Briggs, A.
Provenance
Exhibited RA 1829, no. 217, ‘Portrait of a Member of the old North Devon Hunt; bequeathed by Mrs Ruth C. D. Pennyman (1893-1983)
Credit line
Ormesby Hall, The Pennyman Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On back of canvas frame: Robert Rose, of London LINED, CLEANED, RESTORED AND VARNISHED THIS PICTURE In MARCH 1949 Pinned onto back of canvas frame: Thomas Lee of Barnstaple b. circa 1770. Great-great-grandfather of Ruth Knight, wife of Lt Col. J.B. Pennyman of Ormesby "Portrait of a (mem)ber of the Old North Devon Hunt" by J. P. Briggs. ARA. 25 Charles Street Middlesex Stamped directly on to back of canvas : Robert Rose, of London LINED, CLEANED, RESTORED AND VARNISHED THIS PICTURE In MARCH 1949 Label glued onto canvas frame: ROBERT ROSE Picture Cleaner & Restorer Every Description of Framing, Carving & Gilding 19 OLD BROMPTON ROAD South Kensington Station S. W. T.
Makers and roles
Henry Perronet Briggs, RA (Walworth 1791/3 - London 1844), artist