Henry Vernon (1686-1719)

British (English) School. Oil painting on canvas, Henry Vernon (1686-1719), British (English) School by John Riley (London 1646 – London 1691). Son of George Vernon (builder of the house) and eventual heir. Three-quarter-length portrait of a man, standing, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, his left hand on his hip and his right hand tucked into his waistcoat, in a full-bottomed powdered wig, wearing a brown velvet coat with gold frogging, an orange waistcoat and white cravat.wig. A flowing claret drape falls to the right and partially covers a stone plinth, to the left is an arched open window through which can be viewed a garden with trees and a cloudy sky. Henry first married Anne Pigot (Piggott), through whom the Vernon family inherited the Kinderton estates from her uncle Peter Venables and asumed the additional name of Venables, and secondly to Matilda Wright. By his first wife he was the father of George the 1st Lord Vernon. Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire