John Tufton, Second Earl of Thanet (1608-1664) and Margaret Sackville, his wife (1614-1676) 1640-45?
Oil on canvas | 127.0 x 147.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 406540
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Probably painted by a pupil of Van Dyck in a vigorous derivation of his style. This picture was recorded by Anna Jameson at Hampton Court in 1842 as a self-portrait of William Dobson with his wife. The Earl of Thanet was a Royalist supporter and led a regiment fighting for the King in Sussex early in the Civil War, although in April 1645 he took an oath to Parliament. He married Lady Margaret Sackville, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Dorset in 1629 and the couple had eleven children.
Provenance
First described in the Prince's Drawing Room at Hampton Court in Pyne's Royal Residences of 1819
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Oil on canvas
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127.0 x 147.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
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Self-portait of William Dobson (1611-1646) with his wife, previously identified as