File:Portrait of Henry Stewart (attributed to Thomas Murray).jpg

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Portrait of Henry Stewart (attributed to Thomas Murray)

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English: Attributed to Thomas Murray (Scotland 1663 - 1735 London)

Portrait of Henry Stewart (D. 1717) as a boy, full-length, seated beneath a tree with his dog, with ships at sea beyond

inscribed lower left: HENRY STEWART. / D.1717.

oil on canvas

126.5 x 101.2 cm.; 49¾ x 39⅞ in.

The sitter was the son of William Stewart (1625-1706) and Margaret Shaw (b. 1625), who married in 1664 and lived at Killymoon Castle, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, which William's father had purchased in 1634. Henry Stewart became High Sheriff of County Tyrone in 1711, and according to a photographic file at the Heinz Archive and Library he was the last High Sheriff to burn a witch.
Date 17th century
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/royal-and-noble/thomas-murray-portrait-of-henry-stewart-d-1717-as
Author
Attributed to Thomas Murray  (1663–1734)  wikidata:Q7792630
 
Attributed to Thomas Murray
Alternative names
Thomas Murrey; Thomas Nurrey; Thomas (1663) Murray; Mr. Murrey; Murray; Mr. Murray
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 1663 Edit this at Wikidata 1735
Location of birth/death Scotland London
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q7792630,P5102,Q230768

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