Volume 1

The Farington diary / edited by James Greig.

  • Joseph Farington
Date:
[1922?-1928]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Farington diary / edited by James Greig. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A Farington Portrait Major Aubrey Wallis-Wright has a picture which in some old notes he found described as follows : “Mr. ffarrington 1744 ned Pennell.” Another note gives : “ Sir William Farington ” (with the query) “ if it is Sir William Ffarington Knt of Shawe Hall b. 1730, high sheriff of Lancashire 1761, d.s.p. 1781, and was succeeded by his nephew.” In another note he found W. Farrington age 24, b 1720 died 1781 aged 60 picture by Edward Pennee. [Joseph Farington, who wrote the Diary, was a cadet of the Faringtons of Farington, Worden, and Ribble- ton, in Lancashire. The Farington family dates from far back centuries, and in its senior line maintains the “ ffarington ” orthography. The picture in Major Wallis-Wright’s possession may represent either Sir William ffarington of Shawe Hall (1730-1781) or the Rev. William Farington (1704-1767), vicar of Leigh, Lancashire, subsequently rector of Warrington, and father of Joseph Farington, R.A. Edward Penny, the painter of the portrait, was born in 1714, and studied under Hudson, going later to Rome. On his return to London some time before 1748 he became a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists (1760-1791). He was a foundation member of the Royal Academy and its first Professor of Painting from which post he retired in 1782.—Ed.] VOL. I. 5