Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Bt (1739 - 1785) and his Wife Sabine Louise d'Hervart (1734 -1798) in the Library at Nostell Priory
Artist: Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Irish, 1739/40-1808)
Date: c. 1767-1768
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: National Trust Collections, London, United Kingdom
Description
This is a portrait of Sir Rowland Winn and his Swiss wife, Sabine d’Hervart. Having wed in the face of family opposition in 1761, Hugh Douglas Hamilton’s painting records a moment of optimism in their marriage when Sir Rowland had inherited the family’s Yorkshire estate and was hoping to make a name for himself in the world of politics and high society. Here they appear side-by-side enjoying the fruits of their patronage in the newly-completed library at Nostell, their country house near Wakefield.
