Nathaniel Newnham
Portraits of this type were widely popular in the 18th century when land ownership was an indication of wealth and power. Whilst they did reflect fashionable taste for landscape gardens, such images were essentially displays of property. In this Sir William Morice was typical as his lands enabled him to secure the parliamentary seat of Newport and Launceston.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 209/1981
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- Nathaniel Newnham
- Simple Name
- painting
- Inscription Transcription
- Portrait of Sir William Morice of Werrington MP for Newport Launceston. Died 1750 Morice purchased the remaining paintings from the series of allegorical ... to commemorate the great men of England commissioned in 1723 by the Duke of Richmond from Canaletto, Ricci, Pittano etc. There are least two other versions of this portrait attributed to Thomas Jenkins, died 1798, a Devonshire artist who studied in London under Hudson, before going to Rome in 1753
- Period Classification
- George III (1760-1811)
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- c 1745
- Production Person Initials
- Thomas attributed to
- Production Person Surname
- Jenkins
- Production Year Low
- 1745
- Production Year High
- 1750
