'William Durning', Thomas Arrowsmith

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This and its pair, 'Jane Durning|', are portraits of George Holt senior’s parents-in-law. William Durning, born in 1751, was a wine and spirit merchant in Liverpool.

The Durnings were Unitarians, a faith shared by their daughter Emma and their Holt grandchildren.  

Sudley House collections

• Room guide
• Entrance hall
• Garden hall
• Library
  • Video: George Holt
  • 'Mother and Child', James John Hill
  • 'Margate Harbour', Joseph Mallord William Turner
  • 'Dutch Boats Beating into the Scheldt', Edward William Cooke
  • 'Mrs Elizabeth Holt', George Henry
  • 'Emma Holt', Percy Bigland
  • 'George Holt senior', Philip Westcott
  • 'Emma Durning Holt and Anne Holt', Philip Westcott
  • 'Jane Durning', Thomas Arrowsmith
  • 'William Durning', Thomas Arrowsmith
  • 'Watching Dog', Briton Riviere
  • 'The Sailing Ship, Emma', Samuel Walters
  • 'George Holt', Robert E Morrison
  • 'A Treatise on Parrots', Henry Stacy Marks
  • 'Gypsy Sisters of Seville', John Phillip
• Drawing room
• Dining room
• Morning room
• First floor
• Childhood room
• Small world
• Costume room
• Furnishings