Henry III Davenport (1677-1731)
attributed to Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669 - London 1723)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1720 - circa 1730
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
1251 x 997 mm (49 1/4 x 39 1/4 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996341
Caption
Henry Davenport married as his second wife, Barbara Ivory, the daughter of Sir John Ivory, and sister of John Ivory Talbot, who owned Lacock. Henry III Davenport’s mother was Elizabeth Talbot (c.1630 – 1709), the sister of Sir John Talbot (1630 – 1714), who had also owned Lacock. He had a son, Sharington, and two daughters, Mary Elizabeth and Mary Lucy by his first marriage to Mary Chardin (b.1670/1). By his second marriage to Barbara he had four children: Henry, Talbot, the Reverend William (who married his cousin, Martha Talbot, thus inheriting Lacock), and Barbara. D’Agar was a Parisian artist, who settled in London, who painted in the style of Michael Dahl. He also painted, as a pair to this picture, a portrait of his wife, Barbara Ivory.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Henry III Davenport (1677/8-1731), attributed to Charles D'Agar (1699 - 1723), circa 1720-1730, inscribed with the name of the sitter. A three-quarter-length portrait, facing, of Henry Davenport, wearing a wig, a blue frogged coat and white tie, with a red cloak draped around him, his right arm resting on a table and his left hand holding his cloak by his sword.
Provenance
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
Recto: This picture I give my wife Barbara on 30 May 17.. Henry Davenport. This picture I give my son William Davenport May 27 1738. B.D.
Makers and roles
attributed to Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669 - London 1723), artist British (English) School, artist previously catalogued as manner of Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist school of Charles d'Agar (Paris 1669 - London 1723), artist