Thomas Folliott, 2nd Baron Folliott of Ballyshannon (1613 - 1697)
manner of Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1630 - 1669
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
699 x 572 mm (27 1/2 x 22 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mompesson House, Wiltshire
NT 724325
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Thomas Folliott, 2nd Baron Folliott of Ballyshannon (1613-1697), manner of Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661) Mid 17th century. A half- length portrait of the son of Sir Henry Folliott Kt, (1569-1622) who was created Baron Folliott of Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, in 1619/20 and married Rebecca French, as his second wife.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Colonel Richard ffolliot Willis, 1956, formerly lent to Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon; transferred to Mompesson House (given to National Trust by Denis Martineau (d. 1975) in 1952), 1984.
Credit line
Mompesson House, The Colonel Richard ffolliot Willis Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Cornelius Johnson (London 1593 - Utrecht 1661), artist
References
Waterhouse 1980: Ellis K. Waterhouse, 'The Willis Family Portraits at Lydiard Park' National Trust Studies, 1980, pp.49-53, p.53: "The remaining portraits in Colonel [Richard ffolliott] Willis's bequest, which include three which go back to the seventeenth century, were inherited from his mother, who was Rose Elizabeth ffolliott Powell. They seem to have been remotely inherited from the last Lord Folliott of Ballyshannon, an Irish peerage which became extinct in 1716.