John Burlson, 19th Century

View of Wynyard Hall, County Durham, with the Lion Bridge over the River Wear

Details

John Burlson, 19th Century
View of Wynyard Hall, County Durham, with the Lion Bridge over the River Wear
with inscription 'Wynyard Hall/the seat/of/John Tempest Esquire/ Painted/by/John Burlson/Darlington' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
7.1/2 x 9.1/2 in. (19 x 24.1 cm.)

Literature

Wynyard Park inventory, 1965, vol. ii, p. 128, Duke’s Gallery.

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Lot Essay

This appears to be a very early depiction of Wynyard Hall before the marriage in 1819 of the then incumbent Frances Anne Vane Tempest to the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry after which a new house and works to the grounds were designed and built by Philip Wyatt (1775-1852). The inscription on the painting refers to John Tempest (1710-1776) whose daughter Frances Tempest (d. 1796) married Rev. Sir Henry Vane, 1st Bt. (1728-1794). Their son Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, 2nd Bt., (1771-1813) was Lady Frances’s father.

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