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Unknown Artist, ? John Hussey Delaval
Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)
Details
- Country House
- Doddington Hall
- Title(s)
- ? John Hussey Delaval
- Date
- ? c.1640s
- Location
- Brown Parlour
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas laid down on panel
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 76 cm, Overall width: 63 cm
- Artist
- Unknown Artist
- Catalogue Number
- DN7
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A View of the North Front of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland
attributed to Edward Hussey Delaval, ? after 1750
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Anne Hussey Delaval, Lady Stanhope, and Sir John Delaval in a Performance of 'The Fair Penitent' by Nicholas Rowe
attributed to Benjamin Wilson, ? 1767
Description
The subject of the portrait has been identified traditionally as Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619–1682), the son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, and Elizabeth Stuart. A facial comparison with the portrait of Prince Rupert in Banbury Town Hall, attributed to Mytens, reveals some similarities. Otherwise, the comparison to other portraits of Prince Rupert is not convincing. The painting can be dated to the mid-seventeenth century. It may depict a member of the Hussey family, quite possibly John Hussey Delaval (DN82) who espoused the Royalist cause during the Civil War.