The Reverend Gerald Pole-Carew (1815 - 1845)
John King (Dartmouth 1788 - Dartmouth 1847)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1842 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
737 x 635 mm (29 x 25 in)
Place of origin
Soho Square
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884896
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Reverend Gerald Pole-Carew (1815-1845) by John King (Dartmouth 1788 - Dartmouth 1847), signed on the back of the canvas: John King Pinxt 1842. A half-length portrait of the Reverend Pole-Carew wearing a clerical gown and tippet and holding a book in his right hand.
Provenance
By inheritance, through his sister, Juliana, wife of Thomas, 1st Lord Robartes of the second creation; by descent until given by Victor, 8th Viscount Clifden (1887 – 1974), in 1969.
Credit line
Lanhydrock, The Robartes Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed on back of canvas in early 19th Century hand, John King 1842, to Lady Robartes from Miss P-C
Makers and roles
John King (Dartmouth 1788 - Dartmouth 1847) , artist