Sir George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer of Dunham Massey (1622-1684)
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1645 - 1647
Materials
Oi on canvas
Measurements
(49 x 39 in) 1245 x 990 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932282
Caption
The sitter was the second son of William Booth (d.1636) and Vere Egerton, second daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Egerton. On the death of his father, in 1636, he became the ward of his grandfather, Sir George Booth, 1st Bt., ‘Old’ Sir George Booth, of Dunham Massey. He was created Lord Delamer by Charles II in 1661, but later imprisoned for his part in the Cheshire plot, an abortive attempt to overthrow Cromwell. He married firstly, in 1639, Lady Katherine Clinton, daughter of Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln. They had a daughter, Vere Booth (1643-1717), who died unmarried. Secondly, he married Lady Elizabeth Grey (1621/2-1690), eldest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford (1599-1673) by whom he had seven sons and five daughters. A version of this portrait, previously identified as John Selden, is in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer of Dunham Massey (1622-1684) by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680). A three-quarter-length portrait of a young man, seated, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, beneath a bank in a landscape. He wears black with a white lawn collar and cuffs; his right arm is resting on a marble plinth, the knuckles of his left hand rest on his knee. Craggy rocky outcrop above and to the left, distant horison to the right, with hills and cloudy sky. George Booth was imprisoned for his part in the Cheshire Plot, an abortive attempt to oust Cromwell.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust with the house, estate and all the contents of Dunham Massey by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896 - 1976)
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), artist