[Maria, Countess Waldegrave] [art original].

Description

Title: [Maria, Countess Waldegrave] [art original].
Alternative Title: Maria Walpole when the Countess Waldegrave with pearl choker
Creator: Collins, Richard, 1755-1831, artist
Contributor: Forster, Eleanor, 1890-1971, former owner.
Published / Created: [approximately 1760]
Publication Place: England
Description: Maria Walpole (1736-1807) was the daughter of Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) and his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715-1739). She married first, in 1759, James Waldegrave (1714-1763), Earl Waldegrave, and second, in 1766, Prince William Henry Hanover (1743-1805), Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh.
Artist attribution identified by Bodo Hofstetter of Christie's, 2004.
Maria, Countess Waldegrave, dressed in a pink robe, and wearing a pearl choker.
Enclosed in a burnished bezel locket, engraved on the reverse with the initials MCW surmounted by a coronet.
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).
Provenance: Purchased by W. S. Lewis from Doris Haydock, 1959.
Extent: 1 painting : visible oval image 4 x 4 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Miniatures (Paintings)
Paintings British 18th century
Portraits British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor on ivory ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, 1736-1807,
Subject (Topic): Women
Subjects: Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, 1736-1807
Women
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Collins. Maria, Countess Waldegrave. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.