Half-length portrait of Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, Baronet (1804-1859), oil on canvas, in the original gesso moulded frame.
Sir Robert is holding a letter dated March 16th 1825 addressed to him at Balliol, Oxford. The college is shown to one side of the background with a classic column to the other.
(A companion painting in the National Library of Wales shows his father holding a letter bearing a Member of Parliament free stamp.).
The painting is signed on the front: ''S. Drummond. Pinxit. 1825'', and on the reverse: ''Samuel Drummond ARA 1825''.
The printed label of the artist (1785-1844), attached from the frame across to the stretcher, gives his address in soho as well as his scale of charges.
The painting has been re-lined. There is a small piece of plaster embellishment missing.
Height of frame: 45.75 inches; 116 cms. Height of image: 34.75 inches; 88 cms.
Width of frame: 37.75 inches; 97 cms. Width of image: 26.75 inches; 68 cms.
Depth of frame: 4.5
... inches; 11.5 cms
THE VAUGHANS OF NANNAU
Nannau, near Dolgellau, was the home of one of the leading native Welsh gentry families in the Tudor period and an important centre of bardic patronage.
In 1719, after the death of Colonel Huw Nannau, his elder daughter Janet married her cousin Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt, establishing the pre-eminent family in Meirionydd. Their son, Hugh, lived a lavish lifestyle in London and at his mansion, virtually bankrupting the estate before fleeing his creditors. He was succeeded by his brother whose son, Sir Robert Willames Vaughan re-built the mansion and continued the family occupation of Member of Parliament, representing the county on fourteen successive occassions. His son, also Sir Robert Williames Vaughan (the subject of this painting) married Frances Lloyd of Rhagett in 1835. One of the guests, W.W.E. Wynne of Peniarth wrote to the groom of the occassion:
“The feeling manifested in the neighbourhood was really worthy of old times when the words Radical and Reform were unknown.”
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Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA430224
Dateline of this antique is 1850
Height is 116cm (45.7inches)Width is 97cm (38.2inches)Depth is 11cm (4.3inches)
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