Caroline Paget, Lady Bayly (d.1766)
Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1735 - 1740
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1270 x 1003 mm (50 x 39 1/2 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Plas Newydd, Anglesey
NT 1175915
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Caroline Paget, Lady Bayly (d.1766) by Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), inscribed with later Gothick inscription with name of sitter bottom right: Caroline Paget / Lady Bayly. A three-quarter length portrait of Caroline Paget, daughter and heir of Brig.-Gen. Thomas Paget and wife of Sir Nichlas Bayly, 2nd Bt, shown wearing a grey satin dress, her left arm extended, her right arm holding the folds of her dress. Married Sir Nicholas Bayly 2nd Bt ( 1709 - 1782), in 1737.
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Plas Newydd, 2016.
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Later Gothick inscription with name of sitter bottom right: Caroline Paget / Lady Bayly
Makers and roles
Enoch Seeman the younger (Gdańsk c.1694 – London 1744), artist