Pierre-Denis, Le Comte de Peyronnet (1778-1854)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1831 - 1836
Materials
Paper, glass and wood
Measurements
245 x 320 x 30 mm
Place of origin
Paris
Order this imageCollection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 770103
Summary
Engraved portrait, Le Comte de Peyronnet [grandfather of Lady Arthur Russell] inscribed ‘Le Comte de Peyrennet / Ex Ministre d L’Interieur / Mis en jugement par la Chambre des Paris le 15 Decembre 1830’. Engraved by Andre Cheval (1796-1860) (as Cheval Jeune) and published by Terry Librairie, Palais Royal, Galerie Valois, Paris. No. 183., c.1831-1836 Pierre-Denis, Le Comte de Peyronnet (1778-1854) was the great-grandfather of Gilbert Russell, who purchased Mottisfont Abbey in 1934.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust from the Estate of Anne Russel, by Laura Beresford, Julian Russell and Emily Russell, 2018.
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse: ‘Lambert … picture frame manufacturer … 36 Albert Gate, Hyde Park, SW’.