Samuel Egerton (1711-1780)

Bartolomeo Nazzari (Clusone, near Bergamo 1699 – Milan 1758). Oil painting on canvas, Samuel Egerton (1711-1780) by Bartolomeo Nazzari (Clusone, near Bergamo 1699 – Milan 1758), signed Bartolo Nazari Fece in Venezia, probably in 1732. A full-length portrait of a man, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, standing by a table, right hand on hip, left arm held out, at the top of steps leading to the Grand Canal, with the Dogana and Church of the Zitella seen in the distance; he wears a brocade coat and grey cloak with green lining, black cap and white lace neckcloth. Samuel Egerton inherited Tatton on the death of his elder brother in 1738; married Beatrix Copley and on dying childless devised his estates to his sister, Hester. The portrait was painted in Venice after 1729, while the sitter was apprenticed to Joseph Smith, later British Consul. It was finished by November 1732, but had apparently not arrived at Tatton by June 1733. Tatton Park, Cheshire (Accredited Museum)