Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Bt GCB (1754-1822)
attributed to Sir Henry Raeburn, RA (Stockbridge 1756 – Edinburgh 1823)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1802 - 1810
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
749 x 610 mm (29 1/2 x 24 in)
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Killerton, Devon
NT 922313
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Bt GCB (1754-1822), attributed to Henry Raeburn, RA (Stockbridge 1756 – Edinburgh 1823), c. 1802 - 1810. Portrait of a mature man, almost half-length, turned to the left, gazing to the left, with grey, powdered hair and swearing a red military coat with dark facings, gilt buttons and gilt epaulettes. With a gilt sword hilt at the bottom right. Sky effect in the background. The eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel Hildebrand Oakes (1733–1797), late of the 33rd Foot, and his wife, Sarah (d. 1775), the daughter of Henry Cornelison of Braxted Lodge, Essex. He was a member of the consolidated board of general officers, and one of the commissioners of the Chelsea Hospital and the Royal Military College. He died, unmarried. Oakes was appointed brigadier-general at Malta in October 1802 and later Civil Commissioner of Malta in May 1810.
Provenance
Acquired by private treaty sale from Sir John Dyke Acland, 16th Bt (b.1939), from Sprydon House, 2001
Makers and roles
attributed to Sir Henry Raeburn, RA (Stockbridge 1756 – Edinburgh 1823), publisher style of George Romney (Dalton-in-Furness 1734 – Kendal 1802), publisher
References
Killerton House, Devon, 2003 [The National Trust], 2000 revised 2003, p.4: Drawing Room To to the right of the fireplace at the top is a portrait of General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Bt., friend of Colonel John Dyke Acland."