A Group of Dilettanti at the Bishop's Palace, Dromore
attributed to Thomas Robinson (Windermere before 1770 – Dublin 1810)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1807
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
991 x 1245 mm (39 x 49 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Castle Ward, County Down
NT 836215
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Group of Dilettanti at the Bishop's Palace, Dromore, after Thomas Robinson (active c.1785 – Dublin 1810), a pupil of George Romney, circa 1807. (see watercolour copy of the original CWD.D.64). According to the key listing members of the group in the watercolour copy it contains likenesses of Mr. Thomas Robinson, Dr. Robinson, Rev. H. E. Boyd, Thomas Stott, Mr. F. Burroughs, Dr. Percy Bishop of Dromore, Sir George Atkinson, Lord Downshire, Hon. Edward Ward, Lord Castlereagh, Mr. Chermside, Rev. Archibald Boyd.
Provenance
purchased from Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor, in 1967, with a grant from the Ulster Land Fund
Credit line
Castle Ward, The Bangor Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Thomas Robinson (Windermere before 1770 – Dublin 1810), artist