[Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart] [art original].
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33114313
Description
- Title
- [Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart] [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart, in an interior, reading book
- Creator
- Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871, artist
- Published / Created
- [not after 1871]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
The writer Lady Louisa Stuart (1757-1851) was the daughter of George III’s prime minister Lord Bute. She is shown in a cluttered interior seated in an upholstered armchair at small table desk. She leans in to closely to read an open book that she holds in her hands. Lady Louisa Stuart’s manuscript notes on John Heneage Jesse's George Selwyn and his Contemporaries,” 1843-1844 sparked W.S. Lewis’s interest in the eighteenth century
- Description
-
Title devised by curator.
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart (1757-1851), in an interior, reading book - Provenance
- Purchased from Lieutenant Colonel Clinton, at Ashley Clinton General Charles Stuart, Highcliffe, Hampshire, from whom acquired by W.S. Lewis, in March 1928, for £150.
- Extent
- 1 painting : 16 x 21 in., framed to 20.75 x 16.25 in.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Ptg. 106 Framed, shelved in UFS Rack 3C
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait paintings
Paintings British 19th century - Material
- oil on canvas ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
British.
Great Britain. - Subject (Name)
- Stuart, Louisa, 1757-1851,
- Subject (Topic)
-
Authors
Nobility - Subjects
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Stuart, Louisa, 1757-1851
Authors > British
Nobility > Great Britain
British > 19th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- George Hayter. Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12433387
- Object ID (OID)
- 33114313