Possibly Francis Luttrell of Venn (1709-1732)
John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1729 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1029 mm (50 x 40 1/2 in)
Collection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 726093
Summary
NOTE: The description and the photograph of this item attached to the reverse of the original index card is NOT the same as item on display. Oil painting on canvas, Possibly Francis Luttrell of Venn (1709-1732) by John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), signed and dated Jn° Vanderbank Fecit 1729. A three-quarter-length portrait, standing to left in an interior by a window, wearing a green velvet coat and embroidered waistcoast, white cravat and short full-bottomed wig, his left hand on his hip, his right held forward. It is not clear how this portrait came to be called Francis Luttrell. Lyte, who lists the picture as Alexander, observes that it is difficult to distinguish between portraits of the two brothers. They were the sons of Col. Alexander Luttrell (d.1711). Francis lived at Venn, a part of the Dunster estate which was settled on him..
Provenance
Previously on loan, 1975; gift of Lt-Col Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell (1919 – 2007) to the National Trust in 1981
Credit line
Dunster Castle, The Luttrell Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated - Jno Vanderbank Fecit 1729
Makers and roles
John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), artist
References
Lyte 1909 Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte, History of Dunster, and of the families of Mohun & Luttrell. London 1909, pp. 223-24