Called Sir George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer of Dunham Massey (1622-1684)
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1658 - circa 1660
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
(49 x 39 in) 1245 x 990 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932322
Caption
The sitter has always been traditionally identified as George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, but he bears no physical resemblance to the other portrait of him at Dunham Massey. The identity of this other version, also by Lely, is more reliable, giving the corroborating evidence of other portraits and engravings. The sitter here is possibly someone from the family of Lady Elizabeth Grey, wife of the supposed sitter.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Called Sir George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer of Dunham Massey (1622-1684) by Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), circ a1658/60. A three-quarter-length portrait of a man, seated, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a dull gold-coloured satin coat and russet cloak, his right arm resting on a stone ledge. Blond shoulder-length curly hair. In a landscape setting, with trees and shrubs to the right and a distant horizon to the left. The sitter may be the second son of the 1st Lord Delamer, another George Booth.
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)
Marks and inscriptions
(labelled)
Makers and roles
Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618 – London 1680), publisher