Sir Thomas Hesketh, 1st Baronet Hesketh of Rufford (1727-1778)
attributed to Edward Penny, RA (Knutsford 1714 – Chiswick 1791)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1730 - 1769
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 610 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 783193
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir Thomas Hesketh, 1st Baronet Hesketh of Rufford (1727-1778), attributed to Edward Penny, RA (Knutsford 1714 – Chiswick 1791), mid 18th century. Dated 1749 on the back of the canvas, although a separate piece of canvas has been inserted for the face. The traditional attribution to Penny is unlikely to be correct. A painted oval half-length portrait of a young man, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a powdered wig, blue coat and embroidered white, linen stock. One of a pair, see the portrait of Mrs Farington, NT 783194.
Provenance
By descent in the Farington family of Worden Hall, Lancashire; purchased by Major the Hon. John Breckinridge Fermor-Hesketh at the sale of the contents of Worden Hall in 1948 and thence by descent, on loan to the National Trust at Rufford Old Hall; purchased by the National Trust from the executors of the estate of Mrs J.I. Robinson, with the assistance of grants and donations from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the J.P. Jacobs Charitable Trust and the National Trust Centres and Associations, North West Region, 2012.
Marks and inscriptions
Lower back of canvas: Thos Hesketh of Rufford Esqr / AEtatis Suae 22 Anno Domi - 1749 / Penne Pinxt Middle, back of canvas: 39 AD 1850 Bottom, back of canvas: 39, 1850
Makers and roles
attributed to Edward Penny, RA (Knutsford 1714 – Chiswick 1791), artist