JACQUES PARMENTIER (1658-1730): AN OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS DEPICTING A PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH WADE

Three quarter length portrait painting depicting Mr Joseph Wade wearing a turban, dressed in a brown coat, his hands resting on an antique bust.

Signed and dated bottom right 'J.Parmentier 1728' and inscribed upper left 'Mr Joseph Wade'.

91cm x 72cm

Framed.

Provenance: Christies, British and Victorian Pictures, 24th May 2006, where purchased by the vendor.

Joseph Wade (c.1664 - 1743) Master Ships Carver, Sculptor.

Joseph Wade the master carver, shown in the portrait below in undress, holding a bust of Hercules, as a decorative mason he collaborated with Richard Chichley ( another ships carver) on the continued building and elaboration at Greenwich Palace.

There is a reference to a Benjamin Wade carver, possible the father of Joseph Wade - Joseph Helby, Carver at Deptford and Woolwich. Asks for protection - Navy Papers, National Archives.

In Figureheads of the Royal Navy by David Pulvertaft 2011 it states that in about 1720 Wade was made Master Carver at the Royal Dockyards in Deptford and Woolwich and was paid hansdomely for the refurbishment of six royal yachts between 1724 and 1742 as well as the carved works on several new build warships.

For more information: https://bathartandarchitecture.blogspot.com/2020/11/joseph-wade-c1664-1743-sculptor.html