George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675 -1758)
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700 - circa 1710
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
762 x 635 mm (30 x 25 in) (oval)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884936
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675 -1758) by Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1656/9 - London 1743), c.1700/10. A half-length portrait in an oval, head facing, wearing a green coat, white necktie and a long wig.
Provenance
By inheritance, through the marriage of the sitter's sister, Lady Mary Booth, with the Hon. Russell Robartes in 1694; thence by descent, until given by Gerald, 7th Viscount Clifden (1883 - 1966), with the transfer of the house to the National Trust in 1953
Credit line
Lanhydrock, The Robartes Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Michael Dahl (Stockholm 1659 - London 1743), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist