An Unknown Lady with a Whippet
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
960 x 900 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129263
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Lady with a Whippet, British (English) School, 18th century. A three-quarter-length portrait, seated to left, head looking over left shoulder, wearing blue dress and hat, holding a riding switch, a whippet beside her, left.
Provenance
In Christie's List of the Paintings at Hardwick handed over to the Treasury.1957; following the death of Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895 - 1950), Hardwick Hall and its contents were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust, in 1959
Credit line
Hardwick Hall, The Devonshire Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist