[Portrait of Lady Mary Churchill] [art original].
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Description
- Title
- [Portrait of Lady Mary Churchill] [art original].
- Alternative Title
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Lady Maria Walpole
Lady Mary Churchill - Creator
- Eccardt, John Giles, -1779, artist
- Published / Created
- [1752]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Half-length portrait of Mary Churchill seated at a table before a plain dark backdrop. Her proper right arm and hand support her head. Her other arm rests on open book of music lying before her. She is dressed in blue and wears a transparent veil with gold ornament. On her bodice she wears an elaborate brooch with pearls and gemstones. Her identity is inscribed as Lady Mary Churchill at the upper left corner
From the 1774 edition of Horace Walpole's Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry Hill: Lady Maria Walpole, only child of Sir Robert Walpole and Maria Skerret, and wife of Charles Churchill, only son of general Churchill; in a veil, with a music-book before her: by Eckardt. Formerly hung in the Refectory [Great Parlour] at Strawberry Hill
- Description
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Title and artist from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Inscription in unknown hand, in top left corner: Lady Mary Churchill.
Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A ditto [half length Portrait] of Lady Maria Walpole, only child of Sir Robert and Maria Skerret, and wife of Charles Churchill, only son of General Churchill. Eckardt. She is represented in a veil, with a music book before her, a very charming picture. - Provenance
- Owned by Horace Walpole; 1842, May 18, Strawberry Hill Sale, Day 21, Lot 39 bt G.B. Daubeney, £11.11; 1916, February 4, Christie's,(Mrs. Aryton and others sale) Lot 132 bt Leafe, £37.16; 1922, February 24, Christie's,(Sir Frederick de la Pole and other sale) Lot 63 bt Gumberlatch, £26.5; 1925, February 19, Anderson Gallery, (Arthur Tooth Sale) Lot 26 bt W.S.Lewis; The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- Extent
- 1 painting ; framed to 76.2 x 63.5 cm
- Language
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Ptg. 112 Framed, on view in New Library
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Portrait paintings
Paintings British 18th century
Painting - Material
- canvas oil.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801,
- Subjects
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Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- John Giles Eccardt. Portrait of Lady Mary Churchill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12430427
- Object ID (OID)
- 16731046
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