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
Description:
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,
LWL Ptg. 152 Framed, shelved in Object Room Rack 2.
Image Count:
1
Description:
Maria Walpole (1725?-1801) illegitimate daugher of Sir Robert Walpole, prime minister and his mistress Maria Skerrett; the daughter later became the wife of Colonel Charles Churchill. She is wearing ermine, an indication of noble status that she did not have until her father obtained for her a patent of precedence as the daughter of an earl in 1742. This portrait may have been made to mark this event., Title, date, and artist assigned by curator., Framed in antique carved wood., Formerly (and purchased as) a portrait of the Duchess of Gloucester, Edward Walpole's daughter Maria (1735-1807), who married the 2nd Earl Waldegrave before marrying the Duke of Gloucester. Mis-identified as such in the print version of Neil Jaffares's Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. In 2008, re-attributed in the online edition: http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Hoare.pdf., and For further information, consult library staff.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1792]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 34 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two rows of women quarter-length and in profile, some cradling cats in their arms, with captions inscribed in ink near each figure: This is my Queensbury the finest Tom Cat in England; I'm going to see Arabella's catery she had two charming sitters yesterday morning; God bless me these Irish captains are terrible men; Eighteen delightful little creatures I'm told what a sweet ...
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Woodward., and Sheet possibly trimmed from a larger design for a border.
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(?).
Alternative Title:
Miscellaneous heads
Description:
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.
A woman in bonnet and dress plays a harpsicord, the sheet music propped up on the instrument. Her music teacher, a large man with a beauty patch on his check, smiles approvingly as he points with his baton
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist from Horace Walpole inscription on a companion painting: The library., One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The library.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Harpsichords, Women, Music education, Music rooms, and Teachers
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
Description:
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.