William Earle Benson (1710 - 1762)
Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1730
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732197
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, William Earle Benson (1710 - 62) by Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), circa 1730. A half-length portrait of a man in a painted oval, looking to the left wearing a grey coat, more likely to be William Earle Benson (1710 - 62) of Stoke Newington, son of the traditionally ascribed sitter. His right hand is tucked into his white satin waistcoat and he holds his hat under his left arm.
Provenance
By inheritance through marriage of the sitter' saunt, Jane Benson to Henry II Hoare;given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist British (English) School, artist possibly Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist Joseph van Aken (Antwerp c.1699 - London 1749) , artist