Called Alice Dighton (c.1744 - 1790), as a young girl
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1730 - 1769
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1219 x 991 mm (48 x 39 in)
Order this imageCollection
Hidcote Manor Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1144080
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Called Alice Dighton (c.1744 - 1790), as young girl, English School, mid 18th century. A full-length portrait of Alice Dighton, as a young girl, seated to right in a low-necked blue dress, at the elbows to reveal white under-sleeves. There is a squirrel on her lap and she is reaching for the blossom on an orange tree in an urn on the ground to her right.
Provenance
Previously at Wordswoth House, transferred to Hidcote in 2004
Makers and roles
British (English) School, publisher