The Pembroke Family
Dating
1740
Material / Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
47.1x67.5 cm
Inscription
Inscription: Inscribed: A Vandyke Eques Pinxt./ B. Baron Sculp. 1740./ Tabulam illam celeberrimam ab Antonio Vandyke Equite depictam, ac in Adibus Wiltonianis adservatam, in quaPhilippus, Pembrokiae Comes ejus nominus primus, aliiq e gente illa illustrissima, / tam viri quam foeminae, superiors seculi ornamenta ad vivum exhibentur Ari jam primum incisam, Nobilissimo Henrico ejusdem pronepoti Comiti Pembrokiae &c. &c. eo quo par est, animi obsequio D.D.C.Q./ Bernardus Baron. / The two principal figures sitting are Philip Earl of Pembroke & his Lady: on the right hand stand their five Sons, Charles L. Herbert, Philip (afterwards Lo. Herbert) William, James, & John; on the left their daughter Anne Sophia, & her husband Robert Earl of Carnarvon; before 'em Lady mary Daughter of George Duke of Buckingham; & above are two sons & a daughter,who died young.
Object Number
1992.022
Credit Line
Purchased with an anonymous donation given through the National Art Collections Fund and the Gainsborough's House Society Development Trust, 1992