Archdeacon Edward Talbot (1693-1720)
attributed to Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1715
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1016 mm (50 x 40 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dinefwr, Carmarthenshire
NT 869202
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Archdeacon Edward Talbot (1693-1720), attributed to Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745), circa 1715. A three-quarter-length portrait of Archdeacon Talbot, standing in a library beside a table with a quill pen and books, including "Dr. Sharp's Sermons", wearing blue gown and cap.
Provenance
By descent; acquired by the National Trust from Richard Charles Uryan Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor (1935 – 2008), with the aid of the NHMF in 1997
Credit line
Newton House, Dinefwr, The Dynevor Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Jonathan Richardson the elder (London 1665 – London 1745), artist previously catalogued as circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist previously catalogued as by Joseph Highmore (London 1692 – Canterbury 1780), artist
References
Steegman 1962 John Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Vol. II: Houses in South Wales, Cardiff 1962, p.58, no.13