Possibly Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (c.1650-1721) as a Young Man
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1679
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1194 x 1175 mm (47 x 36¼ in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996288
Caption
This portrait probably depicts Richard Lumley, Earl of Scarbrough, and bears some likeness to him, but cannot be identified with certainty. Lumley was one of the Immortal Seven, the English noblemen who invited William of Orange to invade England and depose his father-in-law, James II. He secured Newcastle for William in December 1688. After William became King, he appointed Lumley in rapid succession: as a Gentleman of the Bedchamber, a member of the Privy Council, Colonel of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland and Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Lumley was created Earl of Scarbrough on 15 April 1690.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Possibly Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough (c.1650-1721) as a Young Man, English School, circa 1679. A three-quarter-length portrait of an unknown youth, in armour, a crimson sash round his waist, his left hand on his hip, his right with his baton on a table on which is his helmet; left, view of a sea battle.
Provenance
Given by Matilda Theresa Talbot (Gilchrist-Clark) (1871 – 1958), who gave the Abbey, the village of Lacock and the rest of the estate to the National Trust in 1944, along with 96 of the family portraits and other pictures, in 1948
Credit line
Lacock Abbey, The Talbot Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist