Henry Yelverton, 15th Lord Grey of Ruthin & 1st Viscount de Longueville (c.1664 - 1703/4)
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1685 - 1689
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 997 mm (49 x 39 1/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996332
Caption
The sitter is shown in sumptous robes, made from red velvet, gold brocade, lace and ermine. The coronet which rests on the parapet next to him indicates his title. His portrait hangs at Lacock because he married Barbara, the daughter of John Talbot. Kneller was the most successful and virtuoso portraitist of his era, painting subjects from court and society.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Henry Yelverton, 15th Lord Grey of Ruthin & 1st Viscount de Longueville (c.1664-1703/4), manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt. (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723), c.1685/89. Shown three-quarter length to right wearing crimson and ermine robes, right hand on hip, left on sword; Baron's coronet on table, right; set against an architectural backdrop, with landscape background right.
Full description
Son of Sir Henry Yelverton, 2nd Bt., of Easton Maudit, Northants, and Susan Longueville, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, he was educated at Eton and succeeded to the title of 4th Bt. Yelverton and of 15th Lord Grey de Ruthyn on 17th May 1679, and to that of the 1st Viscount de Longueville almost eleven years later on 21st April 1690. His viscountcy was merged with the title of the Earl of Sussex, when his son, Talbot Yelverton, was made the latter in 1717. Both titles became extinct in 1799 on the death of the 3rd Earl. He was a supporter of William III. He married Barbara, daughter of Sir John Talbot (1630 – 1714), who bore him one son and four daughters. His son, Talbot (1690 – 1731), 16th Baron Grey de Ruthyn was created Earl of Sussex in 1717.
Provenance
not fully known, but probably given by the Viscount to his father-in-law, Sir John Talbot (1630 - 1714); thence by descent until given by Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly 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)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right:
Makers and roles
manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist previously catalogued as manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist