John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy, 3rd Earl Breadalbane and Holland (c.1696-1782) politician

Location

Country: Denmark
City: Copenhagen
Place: British Embassy

John Wootton was born in Warwickshire. He was probably a page to Anne Somerset (later Countess of Coventry), daughter of the first duke of Beaufort. In the 1690s he studied painting under Jan Wyck. Wootton moved to London in 1706, where he made his reputation as a painter of horses at Newmarket. As well as sporting subjects, he produced decorative landscapes, including examples at Althorp, Northamptonshire, and Longleat House, Wiltshire. His most generous patron was Edward Harley, second Earl of Oxford. Wootton retired in c.1760, finding his work overshadowed by Richard Wilson, Thomas Gainsborough and George Stubbs. He married twice and had two surviving children. He died at about the age of 82 and is buried at Marylebone Parish Church.

People

John, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane (Lord Glenorchy) Campbell (1696 - 1782)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, hoof, deer, Scottish, man, 18th century costume, coat, gauntlet, glove, Order of the Bath, Earl, diplomat, HM Minister to Copenhagen, sword

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

John Wootton (c.1682 - 1765)

Title

John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy, 3rd Earl Breadalbane and Holland (c.1696-1782) politician

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 152.80 cm, width: 110.50 cm

Acquisition

Presented by the British Danish Society (H Jerichow), 1957

Provenance

Collection of the British-Danish Society; by whom presented to the Ministry of Works view Herbert Jerichow (President of the Society) in 1957

GAC number

3803