Thomas James Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes of Lanhydrock and Truro, MP (1808-1882) (after George Richmond)
John Richardson Jackson (Portsmouth 1819 - Southsea 1877)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Measurements
764 x 558 mm
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 890171
Summary
Print, engraving, Thomas James Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes of Lanhydrock and Truro, MP (1808-1882), (after George Richmond RA) by John Richardson Jackson (Portsmouth 1819 - Southsea 1877). Portrait painted by George Richmond, RA, in 1869, of Thomas James Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes, seated in a landscape holding a hat and stick (see LAN.P.1) One of three.
Provenance
A gift from the Hon. Gerald Agar-Robartes, later 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there with his sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right: (handwritten in fine pen) Robartes (underlined) Just below the engraving: (printed) (on left) PAINTED BY GEORGE RICHMOND R.A., D.C.L. (on right) ENGRAVED BY RICHARDSON JACKSON.
Makers and roles
John Richardson Jackson (Portsmouth 1819 - Southsea 1877), engraver (printmaker) after George Richmond RA (Brompton 1809 – London 1896), original artist