Sir George Booth (1566-1652)
attributed to John Souch (Ormskirk c.1593 – Chester 1645)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
991 x 826 mm (39 x 32 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932394
Caption
George Booth was a minor when his father, Sir William died. While he was a ward of the Crown, the Dunham estate was granted by Elizabeth to the Earl of Leicester. In 1597 George Booth was knighted and the same year elected Mayor of Chester. He was created a baronet by James I in 1611. His enlargement and rebuilding of Dunham Massey in the early seventeenth century is a measure of the wealth and authority the Booth family had by then achieved. The ring suspended from a chord round his neck was probably a token bequeathed by a friend or relative, and would not, therefore, have fitted his finger.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Sir George Booth (1566-1652), attributed to John Souch (Ormskirk c.1593 – Chester 1645) 17th century. A three-quarter-length portrait turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, his left hand on his hip, his right hand holding the edge of a table on the left, long natural light-brown hair, moustache and beard, black slashed doublet, falling lace collar and lace cuffs.
Provenance
Purchased from Mr and Mrs Arnold-Foster, 1987
Makers and roles
attributed to John Souch (Ormskirk c.1593 – Chester 1645), artist British (English) School, artist