Museum number
A368
Object
Framed oil painting: Rev. Robert Carter Thelwall (1721-1787) and his family by George Stubbs (1724-1806), oil on mahogany panel 1776
Description
Portrait of a gentleman, lady and little girl. Gentleman stands in front of a carriage on which sit the lady and the child. The gentleman is dressed in black, with a powdered wig. He carries his hat in his hand. The carriage is drawn by a black horse, and a chesnut horse stands to the right of the canvas. Behind the group are tall trees, and an avenue of trees is visible in the centre of the painting.
Materials
Oil
Inscription
Signature: GeoStubbs pinxit 1776.
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
Painting
Subject
Portrait
Dimensions
framed: 8.3000cm (d) x 124.5000cm (h) x 155.0000cm (w)
regular: 127.0cm (h) x 96.5cm (w)
Rev. Robert Carter Thelwall and his Family George Stubbs (1724-1806) Oil on panel, 1776 Although Stubbs set out to be a portrait painter, he was soon famous for his extraordinary depictions of horses. The Reverend Robert Carter (1721-1787), later Carter Thelwall, commissioned this portrait to celebrate his marriage in middle age to the heiress Charlotte Nelthorpe. They are pictured on a drive through their estate in Lincolnshire with their little daughter. An avenue of trees leads from their house, Redbourne Hall, to St. Andrew's Church (at the centre of the composition) where Carter was Vicar. Bequest of Ernest E. Cook through the Art Fund, 1955 A368

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