Bath, Art and Architecture

Sunday, 29 April 2018

Sir William Trumbull Bust by John Cheere

The Codrington Library Plaster Busts by John Cheere,

All Souls College, Oxford University.

Part 9. Sir William Trumbull (1639 - 1716).

For a useful overview and biog see -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trumbull

Sir William Trumbull, by George Vertue, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt, 1724 - NPG D6987 - Â© National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir William Trumbull, by George Vertue, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt, 1724 - NPG D6987 - Â© National Portrait Gallery, London

Sir William Trumbull
Engraving after Godfrey Kneller
George Vertue
279 x 200 mm.
1724.

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Sir Robert Weston, bust by John Cheere, Codrington Library

The Codrington Library Plaster Busts by John Cheere,

All Souls College, Oxford University.

Part 7. Sir Robert Weston (d. 1573).

Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Sir Robert Weston, Lord chancellor of Ireland, was the 7th son of John Weston of Lichfield, Staffs. He attended All Souls, Oxford, studied Civil Law, and attained the degree of BCL on 17 February 1538 and DCL on the 20 July 1556. MP for Exeter Mar 1553, the city of Lichfield 1558, 1559.

He held the office of Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Lord High Chancellor [Ireland], 1567—1573, and Dean of Wells between 1570 and 1573.

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Henry Coventry bust by John Cheere

The Codrington Library Plaster Busts by John Cheere,

All Souls College, Oxford University.

Part 6. Henry Coventry

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https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/170915

Daniel Dunn John Cheere bust Codrington Library

The Codrington Library Plaster Busts by John Cheere,

All Souls College, Oxford University.

Part 5.

Sir Daniel Dunn / Donne (d. 1617).

First Burgess of the University of Oxford.
Member of Parliament for the University 1604 - 17.

So far I have been unable to locate any portrait.

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Friday, 27 April 2018

Bust of George Clarke, Codrington Library, John Cheere

The Codrington Library Plaster Busts by John Cheere.

All Souls College, Oxford University .

Part 4. Dr George Clarke (1661 - 1736).

Fellow of All Souls College. M.P. for the University of Oxford, Architect.

George Clarke (1661-1736), Fellow of All Souls from 1680 until his death, Tory politician - MP for Oxford in 1685, Winchelsea in 1702, and East Looe in 1705,

Clarke returned to the House of Commons as MP for Oxford University at a by-election on 4 December 1717 following the death of William Whitelock.[3] He was re elected in 1722, 1727, and 1734, by which point he had lost his left eye and was losing sight in the other.

An architect and collector, he held various offices under the Tories, including secretary at war to William III, before being appointed to the commission of the Admiralty in 1710.

He was also secretary to George, Prince of Denmark. At the death of Queen Anne, however, he lost office.

Nonetheless, Clarke remained MP for Oxford University and he was able to indulge his architectural interests, playing a part in most of the University building projects of his time.

He became the University’s leading authority on aesthetic matters, designed Oxford Almanacks, and was involved in all major building projects.

He designed the Warden’s Lodgings at All Souls and completed Henry Aldrich’s designs for the Library at Christ Church; he worked with Hawksmoor and Thornhill at Queen’s College; and collaborated with Hawksmoor on the Codrington Library at All Souls.

He collected not just books, but also drawings and prints – all of which were left to Worcester on his death in 1736.

He inherited books and papers from his father Sir William Clarke (Secretary at War to the Commonwealth and Charles II), collected books, manuscripts, prints, drawings, and paintings, and acquired most of Inigo Jones’s library.

Disgusted by quarrels at All Souls, he left the bulk of his estate to the newly founded Worcester College, whose buildings he designed.

Curiously I could not locate any engraved portraits of Dr George Clarke - very surprising given his collecting habits and his interest in the visual arts.

This suggests that John Cheere or his workmen would probably have visited All Souls or Worcester College, Oxford to inspect the portraits in order to create his bust of Clarke.

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The Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723), type portraits.

Inscribed on two old labels, verso: This belongs to Lord Hyde, and: In Mary Shaw's legacy / to Lord Cornbury.

oil on canvas.

75.5 by 62.5 cm.; 29 3/4 by 24 3/4 in.

Sotheby's 9 December 2010, lot 252.

Lady T. Lewis, Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of Lord Chancellor Clarendon, London 1852, Vol. III, no. 114, pp. 257, 429 and 430;

R. L. Poole, Catalogue of Portraits in Oxford, 1925, no. 114, Vol. II, pp. 189-190, and Vol. III, pp. 261-162;

R. Gibson, Catalogue of Portraits in the Collection of the Earl of Clarendon, Wallop 1977, no. 50, pp. 46-47

The sitter was the the son of Sir William Clarke, Secretary of War for the King during the Civil War. A Fellow of All Souls, and M.P. for Oxford University in 1685 (and later from 1717 to 1736), Clarke was himself Secretary of War from 1692 to 1704, Secretary to Prince George of Denmark when Lord High Admiral, and Lord of the Admiralty from 1712 to 1714. A prominent figure at court from a noted Royalist family, Clarke appears to have been a close friend of Henry Hyde, Lord Cornbury, later 2nd Earl of Clarendon, who inherited this painting from his father's secretary. It relates to two portraits at Worcester College, Oxford,(below) one of which is inscribed with the sitter's name.

Information above from Sotheby's see -

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2010/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l10037/lot.252.html

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George Clarke.

after Kneller.

Oil on Canvas.

74.2 x 64.2 cms.

Worcester College, Oxford

Image courtesy Art UK

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/george-clarke-16611736-benefactor-of-worcester-college-mp-for-the-university-of-oxford-fellow-of-all-souls-college-16801736-224128

Portrait miniature of George Clarke (1661–1736).

Worcester College, Oxford.

This miniature, after the oil portrait (school of Sir Godfrey Kneller) in Worcester College, has a gilt frame with Clarke’s monogram on the reverse.

It was bequeathed by Clarke to John Michel, 1736.

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George Clarke.

Circle of Godfrey Kneller.

Oil on Canvas.

73.6 x 60.9 cms

Photo Courtesy Worcester College,University of Oxford

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Dr George ClarkeAnon.

Circle of Godfrey Kneller.

74.3 x 61.4cms All Souls College.

Bequeathed to All Souls by Dr Clarke in 1736.

Image courtesy Art UK

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/george-clarke-16611736-221546

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Dr George Clarke

Circle of Godfrey Kneller.

Oil on Canvas124.8 x 100.7 cms

Worcester College, Oxford.

Image Art UK

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/george-clarke-16611736-benefactor-of-worcester-college-mp-for-the-university-of-oxford-fellow-of-all-souls-college-16801736-224127

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Prince George of Denmark husband of Queen Ann and Dr George Clarke.

Godfrey Kneller

Oil on Canvas.

144.7 x 164.6 cms.

Bequeathed by the sitter Dr George Clarke.

All Souls College, University of Oxford.

Image courtesy Art UK

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/prince-george-of-denmark-and-george-clarke-221506

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For an earlier portrait see -

https://www.johnmitchell.net/PrintObjectPdf/index?objectID=872651

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For the Print Collection of George Clarke at Worcester College, Oxford.

see - http://prints.worc.ox.ac.uk/history.html

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Sir William Petre bust John Cheere Codrington Library

The Codrington Library Plaster Busts by John Cheere -

All Souls College, University of Oxford.

Part 3.

Sir William Petre (1505 - 72).

Sir William Petre

by an unknown artist.

Oil on panel,

1567.

924 mm x 711 mm.

Montacute House, Somerset

Petre acquired the lease of the monastic lands at Montacute after the dissolution of the priory there in 1539. He sub-let to the Phelips family who built the present house at the end of the sixteenth century.

The piece of paper which is depicted in this portrait of Petre as if attached to the wall is known as a 'cartellino'. It states that Petre was Secretary of State to Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. This form of cartellino was added to paintings in the collection of John, Lord Lumley and is not original to the portrait.

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Portrait of Sir William Petrie.

William Holwell Carr (1758 - 1830).

1785.

Oil on Canvas.

86.3 x 76.5 cms.

Presented by the Artist in 1785.

University of Oxford.

This painting most likely based on a missing original which would appear to have been the source for the Cheere bust - note the similarities in the head gear.

Image courtesy Art UK.

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-william-petre-150615721573-221913/view_as/grid/search/works:sir-william-petre-150615721573/page/1