Attributed to Tilly Kettle (1734-1786)

Portrait of Thomas Powell (1745-1797), half-length, in a brown coat and gold-trimmed red waistcoat, in a mountainous landscape

细节

Attributed to Tilly Kettle (1734-1786)
Portrait of Thomas Powell (1745-1797), half-length, in a brown coat and gold-trimmed red waistcoat, in a mountainous landscape
oil on canvas
30 x 25¼ in. (76.2 x 64.1 cm.)
in an English 18th Century carved and gilded frame with pierced foliate corners

拍品专文

Thomas Powell, of Nant-Eos, near Aberystwyth, was the only son of Rev. William Powell (1705-1780), by Elizabeth, eldest daughter and co-heir of Athelstan Owen, of Rhiwsasson, Montgomery. He married Elinor, eldest daughter of Edward Maurice Corbet, of Ynys-y-maengwyn, by whom he had three sons and two daughters. On his death in April 1797, he was succeeded by his eldest son, William Edward Powell.