A portrait in three quarter view with subject seated at an ornate table with marble top partially covered with a fringed cloth supported by a gilt classicizing child at the corner. The setting includes a heavy drapery on the left and a colonnade on the right through which a distance landscape is visible. She wears a lace cap with a pink ribbon and a blue waist jacket over a white chemise. She holds a small bouquet of flowers on her lap
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Dorothy Clement was born in County Durham in 1715, the daughter of Hammond Clement (1692-1733) and Priscilla Clement (-1739); when she arrived in London she became a milliner’s assistant. Due to her status, she was never able to marry Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) but with him had a son, Edward Jr. (1737-1771), and three daughters: Laura (1734-1813), who became the wife of Frederick Keppel, Bishop of Exeter; Maria (1736-1807) who married first James Waldegrave, Earl Waldegrave, and after his death, William Hanover, Duke of Gloucester; and Charlotte (1738-1789) who wed Lionel Tollemache, Earl of Dysart. Dorothy Clement died on January 17, 1739, and was buried at St James Garlickhythe Church graveyard in the City of London., Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Identifying inscription and dated 1726 on the reverse., and From Christie's 2002 appraisal: English School, 18th century.
One of a number of related versions of this portrait in the style of Liotard. The sitter, identified as Maria Gunning, was a notable beauty of her time. She wears Turkish dress, a pearl choker necklace and large pearl earrings. Her pale complexion is achieved by lead white make-up know to be poisonous
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Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Artist thought to be a follower of Jean-Etienne Liotard.
Subject (Name):
Coventry, Maria Gunning Coventry, Countess of, 1733-1760,
Sophia Matilda, Princess of Gloucester (1773-1844), was the daughter of Maria Walpole (1736-1807), Duchess of Gloucester, and her second husband William Hanover, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743-1805). She was a great granddaughter of King George II and niece of King George III., Princess Sophia Duchess of Gloucester inscribed on verso in unknown hand., Eglomise mount and rectangular gilt-wood and gesso frame., and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
Subject (Name):
Sophia Matilda, Princess of Gloucester, 1773-1844,
A drawing of six heads mostly in profile, three men, two ladies, and one child, all wearing hats. One lady in the upper right is a view from the back with only a hit of her check shown while the man in the foreground is shown full-face. A drawing in the lower left has been heavily scored through. From the left margin mid-sheet is a drawing of a sleeved-wrist and hand hold a stick(?).
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Miscellaneous heads
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Title from dealer's description; alternative title from Draper Hill., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Date from Draper Hill., and A drawing from a sketchbook given by Gillray to the Rev. John Sneyd in the late 1790s.
Two young women sit near a secluded stand of trees looking at each other. The one on the right rests her arm on a picnic basket as she turns left to look at her companion who is stretched out behind her on the ground, a large white shawl draped over her head as she rests her check on her hand
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Title and date supplied by cataloger., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from dealer's catalog., Gilt-metal bracelet clasp frame., Signed by the artist with intials S. S. in lower left., and Also known as: Unknown Lady in White, Pink and Blue Dress.