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The Reverend Thelwall Carter and Family The Reverend Thelwall Carter and Family
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The Reverend Thelwall Carter and Family

George Stubbs

Art Funded
1955
Dimensions
96 x 127 cm
Bequeathed by
Ernest Edward Cook through The Art Fund
The Reverend Thelwall Carter with his two daughters, the elder of whom married the 8th Duke of St Albans at Redborne Hall Church, Lancashire, which is seen through a vista of trees in the background.

Provenance

Duke of St Albans; Sir Edward Mountain, Bt; E.E. Cook.

Oil

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Art we’ve helped buy at The Holburne Museum

Washing fountain, Pilaster, Portion of Shrine, Shield & Stone sculpture
 Acquired 1931
Two stage designs
 Acquired 1932
Two Portraits: Helen Boyle and Thomas Mure of Warriston
 Acquired 1955
The Reverend Thelwall Carter and Family
 Acquired 1955
The Pitt Family of Encombe
 Acquired 2009
The George Warre Collection
 Acquired 1938
Self Portrait
 Acquired 2013
Samuel Dottin and his brother Abel Rous Dottin
 Acquired 2008
Portrait of Queen Charlotte
 Acquired 1955
Portrait of Priscilla Jones
 Acquired 1939
Portrait of Louisa, Lady Clarges
 Acquired 1989
Portrait of Lettice Mary Banks
 Acquired 2003
Portrait of Dr Charlton
 Acquired 1955
Pembroke Castle
 Acquired 1955
Love Songs and Matches
 Acquired 1955
Horse and Dog & The Deserter Pardoned
 Acquired 1955
Henrietta Laura Pulteney
 Acquired 1995
Fortepiano
 Acquired 1984
Figure of Henry Woodward
 Acquired 1967
Du Maurier Bequest
 Acquired 1934
Drawing
 Acquired 1933
Diana and Endymion
 Acquired 1996
Cottages among Trees
 Acquired 1955
Collection of English Furniture and Persian Rugs
 Acquired 1955
Bronze Plaque of Girl's Head
 Acquired 1935
Beadwork Basket
 Acquired 2013
Arthur Atherley
 Acquired 2016

Angelica Kauffman's portrait of the youthful heiress Henrietta Pulteney shows the young girl living up to her reputation as an 'indefatigable dancer' as she cavorts in a woodland setting.

George Stubbs's portrait of the Reverend Thelwall Carter depicts the stocky vicar, his wife and daughter on their Lincolnshire estate, with the church in the background. Since this is Stubbs, plenty of attention is paid to the two horses, but the people are also entirely believable as individuals.

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Exhibitions at The Holburne Museum

Henri Matisse, Jeune femme, mains croisées près d'un bocal de poisons, 1929

Henri Matisse: Master of Line

Rembrandt, The Three Trees, 1643

Rembrandt in Print

Edouard Vuillard, Deux ouvrières dans l'atelier de couture (Two Seamstresses in the Workroom), 1893

Vuillard: The Poetry of Everyday Life

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