[Portrait of Charles Churchill, Lady Maria Walpole and their Eldest Son Charles] [art original].

Creator:

Eccardt, John Giles, 1720-1779, artist.

Copyright Date:

[ca. 1755]

Physical Description:

1 painting : oil on canvas ; 66.7 x 50.8 cm

Related Links:

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/digcoll/4083190

Notes:

Title and date devised by curator.
Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A ditto [pleasing picture], the companion, with Portraits of Charles Churchill, and the Lady Maria, his wife, daughter to Sir Robert Walpole, and Charles, their eldest son, in a similar frame, 1749 Eckardt.
Upper right corner: dated 1750 and the arms of Churchill are depicted impaling Walpole.
Commissioned by Horace Walpole; 1842, Strawberry Hill Sale, day 22, lot 36 bt, Hull, Wardour- street, £16.5.0; 1961, December, P. & D. Colnaghi, bt W.S. Lewis, £400; The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Abstract:

From the 1774 Description: Charles Churchill, and lady Maria Walpole, his wife, with their eldest son Charles; taken from the picture at Blenheim, of Rubens, his wife and child. Formerly hung in the Blue Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill.

Variant Titles:

Portrait of Colonel Charles Churchill and Lady Mary Churchill and their Eldest Son Charles

Topics:

Churchill, Charles,--720-1812,--depicted.
Churchill, Mary Walpole,--Lady,--1725?-1801,--depicted.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.

Language:

No linguistic content; Not applicable

Genre:

Group portraits.
Oil paintings--British--18th century.
Painting.
Paintings--British--18th century.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

sh-000031
LWL Ptg. 143 Framed, in Conservation Lab

Orbis Record:

12471417

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr36957

Citation:

John Giles Eccardt. Portrait of Charles Churchill, Lady Maria Walpole and their Eldest Son Charles. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

16721010

PID:

digcoll:4695258